Une installation solaire qui lui permettra d’économiser entre 50 et 90% sur ses prochaines factures d’électricité. Et il n’a pas déboursé le moindre dollar pour cela, grâce à l’association Grid Alternatives.

The Solar Power International Conference filled four days, both floors of the Anaheim Convention Center, plus the outdoor patios and the Marriott Hotel ballrooms.

Solar-Powered live music, food, beer, art, activities and local non-profits are all in the mix.

GRID Alternatives is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to working with people and the environment through solar panel work.

It's been a rough year for environmentalists, in the wake of solar panel tariffs, proposed cuts to federal clean energy programs, and […] Obama-era coal plant regulations [that] may be rolled back in favor of less stringent guidelines.

The installation is being provided at no cost to the Ramierz [sic] family through Energy for All, a program of GRID Alternatives, in partnership with Trojan Battery Company.

Since the average cost of a home solar system in the United States is around $20,000, by getting those for free (plus 20 years of free maintenance and repairs!) [through GRID Alternatives], it automatically adds around $20,000 of value to the property.

The coalition said it will also advocate for an equitable clean energy transition that prioritizes communities which have historically "endured the burden" of fossil fuels.

Co-founder Merritt Graves adds, "As far as the philanthropic side of things goes, this year, we plan to work with GRID Alternatives and contribute toward a fundraiser for My Friend's Place, a homeless resource center in the [Hollywood] neighborhood."

He got counseling, support, had his gang tattoos removed, and graduated from the [Homeboy Industries] solar-installation program in 2014. Today, he is the volunteer-and-training coordinator at GRID Alternatives, where he speaks proudly of the first Homeboy cohort he ushered through the program: All 19 were undergoing reentry after time in prison, and all 19 found jobs after graduation in the solar industry.