By Nathan Wiser You may have heard about community solar farms. You may even belong to one. We recently joined one and this article describes why we joined and how it works for us. Our home electrification journey began in 2010 when we purchased our 5.8 kW grid-tied rooftop solar system. For those first several years, our solar panels annually produced more electricity than we used, and we “banked” the surplus kWh with our utility, Xcel Energy. Since then, we have added more electrical...

We were very excited to learn about a new IOS application that will soon also be an Android app. It is called ChargeBug and puts the information about the cleanest sources of energy at your fingertips. The Colorado Renewable Energy Society featured the programmer, Adrienne Blum from Sinton Instruments, during one of their March seminars. We also had some communication from the owner Ron, about how he uses the program to charge his EV with Xcel's Charging Perks incentive. The application...

Heavy Duty Extension Cord Do you wish you had a large battery around when the power went out last month? Back up for your groceries, heat, and lights? We’re retired, but live in the “exurbs” in the foothills above metro Denver, which means my husband and I still need two cars. Both are now electric and we can’t imagine owning a gas car again. Our first was a 2021 Nissan Leaf S Plus. The “S” could stand for “simple”, as it’s a fairly basic car as newish EVs go. No heated seats or steering...