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Even a Small Emergency Solar Generator can Make Your Home Blackout Proof.

Dependable utility service is a media charade. I am reminded of the classic movie “Animal House” where during the hometown parade turned chaotic mess a public official is repeating “all is well… all is well”. A couple of weeks ago southern California and parts of Arizona experienced a nearly 24 hour blackout. Though it was a major event, it received little media coverage which blamed it on a utility worker flipping the wrong switch. Really? I will be the first to admit I am not the sharpest pencil in the box but it does not make sence to me that a single worker can take down a large portion of the SW power grid for nearly 24 hours by flipping the wrong switch.

For months we have been receiving an increasing number of phone calls from homeowners interested in small emergency solar generators. Feeling powerless during a blackout after a hurricane, tornado or just sitting at home when a utility work flips the wrong switch is scarry. Even a small home emergency generator can offer some real security and control over the helpless feeling one has when a disaster strikes. Continue reading Even a Small Emergency Solar Generator can Make Your Home Blackout Proof.

Southwest Utilities Move Closer To Renewable Solar & Wind Energy Generation to the Benefit of Some National Parks

Utilities are usually the poster child for hate relationships when it comes to solar energy. However, having said that, I think these frenemies are warming up to the changes slowing coming over popular society and are jumping on the solar bandwagon, cleaner air and a sustainable future. (It did not go unnoticed that California utilities opted out of the Prop 23 fight.)

Case in point. Southern California Edison has announced plans to sell its share in of the country’s largest coal-fired power plants in New Mexico. Coal fired power plant emissions from the New Mexico plants have affected some of the areas National Park monuments as reported by environmental officials. Southern California Edison has signed contracts to receive a larger part of their electricity from solar and wind farms. Continue reading Southwest Utilities Move Closer To Renewable Solar & Wind Energy Generation to the Benefit of Some National Parks