Solar is the only real option for private residential-scale production, so that private citizens and businesses can generate their own electricity. Utility-scale production doesn’t help us solve the problem of a failing grid. While there may be residential wave, wind and biofuel options in the future, solar has been available at the residential scale for decades.

I help people go solar in the whole of Washington state and even beyond, but my heart remains here where the mountains meet the sea. Kitsap has unique advantages and challenges when it comes to solar, and there’s special technology needed here. This is my home, so I want to be what it needs.

The energy revolution is upon us, whether we like it or not. Tax credits are as good as they have ever been, net metering is running out, and the best financing may have disappeared for good. There will never be a better chance to take control of your power and chart a course to energy independence while you have all these options available.