Thieves target solar panels in Napa Valley
Are marijuana growers heisting vineyard solar panels for their own use?
Photo: Theodore Scott/Flickr - It’s suspected that marijuana growers in Mendocino County, California, are stealing them to cover up their electricity usage.
- They could be going off-shore where they are hard to track down.
- Some of the panels have shown up on Craigslist.
- Less-than-ethical solar panel contractors may be using them on residences.
Vineyard owners are beginning to tighten security around their solar arrays to help stop the thefts. Also, state Rep. Mike Thompson is combating the solar thefts with a provision added to the Solar Technology Roadmap Act that would require the creation of a national registry for solar panel serial numbers to try to short circuit the solar crooks.”
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Comments
Thanks to the "War on Drugs", people now feel they have to hide their electricity use. Some of them steal solar panels to have undocumented power to grow their plants. Wow... here is yet another problem that would be solved if we stopped throwing people in jail for growing "weeds" on their property. Legalize it and then people will just use their own electricity instead of stealing panels.
There's got to be a way to deter thievery - shock that would be delivered if panels are disturbed?
