FLORICEL MARTINEZ and her partner Arturo are seasonal farm workers, raising their two sons on wages from cherry and grape picking. In between jobs it could be hard to pay their electricity bills, which averaged $210 a month. They built their own home in Madera, CA through Self-Help Enterprises, and couldn\u2019t believe they would also qualify for solar. \u201cWe always had to really pay attention to our expenses and got stuck a couple of times with really high bills,\u201d said Floricel, \u201cbut now with solar and the training around being more efficient, we know our bills are not going to be so hard to pay.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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