I've seen some amazing set-ups on here but do they not draw attention? I mean to me it seems powering pumps, inline fans, and 1000's of watts in lights puts a heck of a dent into electricity bills

I think much depends on where these grows are located at,not all power company's live by the rule that as long as you pay 100% of the bill on time your good to go,there are doccumented cases where power/hydro company's have a policy & a program in place where they not only report high power use but they investigate it & levy huge fines to the home owner.

I'd reccomend that a guy researches his power company's policy about customer privacy issues before they go all out thinking their ok as long as they pay the bill,it's information that you as a customer are entitled to but you must ask .

Ive called my power supplier & asked these questions,it took several days to get a straight answer but i know exactly where i stand with them.

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not really since the electrity company is a buisness if u pay on time they dont really care i mean if ur pull like a shit load more than ur negibors then it might but u really would have to have a lot just pay ur bill on time and dont steal power

yea pretty much as long as you pay, pay on time and dont have like 10,000 watts turning on and off at the same time every day, you will be fine.
oh yea,
and dont steal electricity... THAT will make the power company investigate, and its pretty easy to notice when part of the grid is using more power then being billed for... like he said, they are a company, use all you want, just pay for it!