A company approved as Red Bank's sole cannabis cultivator and wholesaler watched its initial crop wither and die and has been unable to get back up and running due to a lack of sufficient electric power, the facility operator says.
Despite two years of work on the indoor farm, including installing a row of new transmission lines leading along borough streets to the address, operator Alexander Federico said the place is still far short of the juice it needs to grow the plants, with hope fading that they'll get the farm up and running any time soon.
Federico blames power supplier Jersey Central Power and Light for what he called slow movement on an application the company made to upgrade service so it can receive the large amounts of power needed to run lamps, heating, and air conditioning systems. The company has had to lay off all its workers and has yet to produce a single bong hit worth of sellable product, according to Federico.
"It's been a nightmare," he told redbankgreen standing outside the 15 Leonard Street facility recently. "It's very disheartening. We're completely belly up on the finances here."
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