ONTARIO GROW OPS FACE ARBITRARY BLACKOUTS

TORONTO - The Ontario government opened another front in its war on
marijuana grow houses Tuesday with new legislation designed to allow
electricity distributors to cut power to homes where they suspect pot
is being grown.

If passed, the legislation would allow distributors to cut power with
a court order -- or without one if they have "reasonable cause" to
suspect a threat to public safety or to system reliability.

"The energy distributor will make all of those determinations," said
Community Safety Minister Monte Kwinter, adding that the companies
"have the obligation and the responsibility" to make that call.