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Solar Panels And Climate Adaptation

By Dan Boyce Dan Boyce | September 8, 2014
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Solar Panels for municipal energy production in Del Norte, Colorado

When we flick on our light switch, we don’t often think about how that electricity is getting to us.

Turns out:  there are some dramatic changes facing the way power is delivered in the U.S.

The growth in renewable and “distributed” energy is shaking up the traditional grid infrastructure.  Combine that renewable growth with severe weather associated with climate change and concerns about national security, and you have the beginnings of what many are calling “grid transformation.”

Inside Energy Reporter Dan Boyce introduces us to a small Colorado town with a surprising challenge.

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Inside Energy reporters Dan Boyce and Jordan Wirfs-Brock examine how solar energy - particularly rooftop solar panels - is changing the way electricity is delivered in the U.S. in this multi-part series: In A Blackout, Your Solar Panels May Be Useless; Utilities Push Back On Rooftop Solar; An Edison V. Westinghouse Rematch.

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Dan Boyce is Inside Energy's Colorado-based reporter. He's a native Montanan and worked previously at Montana Public Radio.

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