<div dir="ltr">Hello everyone,<div><br></div><div>Are there any communities that require carbon offsets or other methods to mitigate energy use for marijuana cultivators?  Roof-top solar or other onsite renewables, RECs, etc.?  If so, are these requirements built into Host Community Agreements, or separate parts of the approval process?</div><div><br></div><div>Based on the high electricity consumption rates for cultivation facilities and the likely impact on emissions, we're wondering what options we have to require mitigation efforts, and what other communities have done.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT";color:rgb(31,78,121)"><font size="4"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;float:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;float:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit">Emily Hutchings, AICP</span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT";color:gray">City of Beverly</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt"><font color="#808080" face="Cataneo BT"><i>Assistant Planning Director</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT";color:gray">978-605-2342</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-family:"Cataneo BT";color:gray"><a href="mailto:ehutchings@beverlyma.gov" target="_blank">ehutchings@beverlyma.gov</a></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:medium;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><img src="http://www.beverlyma.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/city-seal-transparency.png" width="95" height="96"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>