1 Block Off The Grid Launches New Solar Campaign in New Orleans

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1 Block Off The Grid Launches New Solar Campaign in New Orleans
Written by Clayton B. Cornell
Published on April 23rd, 2009

1BOG works by grouping customers together into a sort of buying club. Then, after a rigorous selection process, they choose a solar installer who will provide the biggest discount and the best quality. The more people that sign up, the better the discount for anyone buying solar through the program.
If you aren't familiar with 1 Block Off the Grid, what they do may be best explained by New York Times Magazine:
...in a cultural moment when many individuals aren't feeling all that rugged, perhaps it makes sense that a company called 1BOG has put collective buying at the center of its business model. The name is derived from the phrase "one block off the grid," a reference to the goal of rounding up groups of homeowners willing to install solar-power systems on their houses — removing the rough equivalent of one block from a city's electrical grid.
If you're looking for solar in New Orleans and want to get involved, check out their website. 1BOG has gone to great lengths to help spread the word, so don't forget to check out the volunteer kit.

This is the type of innovative idea we need in Ohio to get solar power moving in the Buckeye State!
Dennis Spisak
Mahoning Valley Green Party
Ohio Green Party
www.ohiogreens.org
www.votespisak.org/thinkgreen/