Other participants included GRID Alternatives Executive Director for Greater LA Area Michael Kadish, who delivered the solar panels for the 6kw MegaWatts installation at the [St. John's United Methodist] Church, and messages from Sierra Club National Board Vice President Susana Reyes, Watts Clean Air and Energy Committee member Shirley Gamble, and Watts Neighborhood Council member Mac Shorty.
GRID in the News
Así que antes de aceptar la propuesta de la compañía GRID Alternativas dice que los investigó. "No vi cosas negativas […]", explica [Alondra Figueroa].
The event was sponsored by GRID Alternatives Grater [sic] Los Angeles (GLA). GLA is a non-profit organization helping low-income families get solar panels installed at their home.
GRID Alternatives is currently helping single-family homeowners connect to programs that help them make the move to solar power.
GRID Alternatives is a non-profit organization that helps implement solar power and energy efficiency for low-income families while providing energy cost savings, valuable hands-on experience, and a source of clean energy.
The homeowner’s $200 to $300 bills every two months will be reduced to less than $30, said Danny Hom, development and communications coordinator for Grid Alternatives, the largest nonprofit solar installer in the United States with projects in Orange, San Diego, Ventura and Los Angeles counties.
The group [GRID Alternatives], born in Northern California but with its largest office in downtown Los Angeles, drafted 200 students from 19 schools who are trading beaches for rooftops this spring.
Nick Gomez, a solar installer with the nonprofit who lives in Pasadena, just finished adding 1,000 solar panels to a multi-unit housing project in Santa Ana. He spent five years at Solar City, the largest solar installer, but finds working for the Grid Alternatives "more rewarding."
Mixing trainees, including those formerly incarcerated, with installers and student volunteers helps promote social and environmental justice, as well as solar energy.
Once completed, the system will free up the homeowner — who is on a fixed income — from at least 90 percent of her electric bill. It will also produce clean energy without burning fossil fuels, thereby reducing smog emissions as well as greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.