qupee
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I appreciate the effort to help.
That search brings up the same very small set of articles (like I said, I've spent a lot of time searching about this already).
There's that one in Shakopee, MN reported on The Shroomery. One of very few that come from Xcel's coverage area and mentions electricity. But, of course, leo got a tip and started an investigation and later subpeoned elec records.
Of the very few articles I can find, every one that mentions electricity at all it was not the initiator, only a confirming piece leading towards a search warrant.
I guess, really, I have to assume it's somewhat safe. If there's very few busts reported, and all those start with the same (we got a tip, or we were there for a domestic and saw lights coming out of the bathroom lol), then I suppose it's probably means the elec co is not straight up snitching out customers.
And, I've never broke $400 on a monthly bill. I still figure I'm double to triple most everyone in the neighborhood though, but not so much as to make the elec co wanna come out and have a look.
Of course, my neighbor just went to federal prison for running a group of grow houses (asian gang, stealing elec, no one living at houses, etc) - the neighbor's house not being one of them of course. But his little bro managed to get half the local PD lining the whole street flashers blazing the other night. I don't associate with them much, and very carefully hide any incoming equipment.
Talk about scary holy fuck. This kinda shit always happens around harvest too. Last year we had 5-0 and k-9's in the yard for the neighbor reporting a peeping tom or some bs. Midnight-ish, we're trimming. Christ got some PTSD from that one.
