If you haven’t heard – GRID Alternatives reached the milestone of 10,000 solar electric systems installed for underserved households nationwide. This means more than 10,000 families have received reduced electricity bills with solar technology, while over 850,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions are kept from the atmosphere. In the Mid-Atlantic, we celebrated GRID’s achievement with a solar installation in Southeast DC.
Homeowner Lottie, a retired DC correctional officer, will save approximately $700 on her electrical bills annually with her new 4.2 kW solar system. She is especially excited to be an inspiration to others to go solar, too.
“If everyone had solar, can you imagine how great this place would be?” she explains, “We would save money and we would really help the environment.”
The installation was completed in the traditional-GRID style: with volunteers. April is Volunteer Month - and without GRID’s enthusiastic and dedicated volunteers, we would not have reached this tremendous milestone.
Today, eight individuals joined our team on the roof and on the ground to complete the system – and for many of them, it was their first time volunteering with GRID.
Tony, who works for the Environmental Protection Agency, likes that volunteering “demystified” solar.
“It’s something anybody can do,” he said, “I learned a lot today – I like how involved the volunteers are in the process. We are actually doing it ourselves.”
Dan, a government contractor - really liked how he was connected to the end result.
“Just seeing it at the end was really cool,” he explained, “I’ve been looking to get into renewable energy. This is a great way to get hands on experience and help out the community.”
Help GRID Alternatives celebrate its 10,000th solar installations – and help us install 10,000 more!