Tuesday, February 21, 2006
VENTURING OFF THE GRID / Innovative families save money, gain power with solar, propane, other energy sources
Some 180,000 American homeowners live off-grid, according to Richard Perez, publisher of Home Power magazine. Approximately a quarter live in California, and each year the national number grows 33 percent, according to the publisher's database of known off-gridders and estimates of those unreported.