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News

Here comes the sun

Herald Staff Writer

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Saturday, Jul 12, 2014 12:48 PM MT

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Grid Alternatives Colorado, along with Four Corners Office of Resource Efficiency, La Plata Electric Association, Colorado Workforce and volunteers are helping low-income homeowners harness solar energy. Grid program manager Shirley Moore called it a three-tier bottom line. “People, the planet and employment,” she said. Here, a crew installs solar panels on a Durango resident’s home Saturday.
Grid Alternatives Colorado, along with Four Corners Office of Resource Efficiency, La Plata Electric Association, Colorado Workforce and volunteers are helping low-income homeowners harness solar energy. Grid program manager Shirley Moore called it a three-tier bottom line. “People, the planet and employment,” she said. Here, a crew installs solar panels on a Durango resident’s home Saturday.JENNAYE DERGE/Durango Herald

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