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Homeowners have said they waited years to make the leap to solar, and government incentives equal to about 60% of the cost made the decision easier.
In his warm, dry suburban split-level, Nathan Gorr is far from the worst effects of climate change. But even here, he said, the signs are accumulating. There was that heavy rain a few years ago — the worst downpour he’d ever seen. There are the federal disasters that Gorr, who works in mortgage servicing, tracks on the job: floods, storms and hurricanes. There’s even the joyful 2003 honeymoon ...
Print Crews remove the 35-year-old solar panels from this home on Cleveland Street so the hail-damaged roof can be repaired. (Photo from Jeff Balch) Late-winter hail damaged many homes here, and for Jeff Balch and Dori Conn repairing the roof on their Cleveland Street home meant taking down the solar panels that had heated water in the house for decades. “After last year’s hailstorm we checked for and found roof damage, which our insurance company agreed to repair,” Mr. Balch said. “The adjuster asked us to remove our solar thermal panels to facilitate the work. I then made our key p...