Putting solar panels on your roof will save you money, give the planet a boost, and add value to your home.

Going solar is easy to do and completely affordable. And it will help you do your part to address climate change, and preserve a future of snow-capped mountains.

Photo by Dan Sherwood. Skier: Tommy Ellingson, Mount Hood

You can go solar simply by taking the money you already spend each month on electricity, and redirecting it toward your own solar panels. It’s like paying the electric utility for power, except:

• you own your power source
• the monthly payment is protected from monopoly rate increases
• your system is 100% clean, renewable energy.

Shred Hood editor and publisher Ben Jacklet is a solar energy consultant who has helped hundreds of people go solar. Contact Ben to find out how many panels it will take to replace your utility power with solar power, what the monthly cost will be, and how much money you will save by going solar. You’ll also be able to calculate the environmental benefit of your solar system in terms of gallons of gas saved, trees planted, and tons of waste diverted from the landfill. 

Illumination Saddle at the Summer Solstice. Photo by Sean Jacks, Mount Hood.