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Writers on the Range - Solar panels have more than proven themselves

Carpenter's solar-paneled roof.
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Photo courtesy of Andrew Carpenter.

It’s such a wonderful concept—thousands of homeowners selling power back to the electric company, while also reducing their vulnerability to natural disasters such as wildfire, writes Andrew Carpenter. What’s even better: Residential solar power mimics a stand-alone power plant, one that need never be built.