{"id":2173,"date":"2015-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gridalt.wpenginepowered.com\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:02:37","slug":"jesus-bortarro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Bortarro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Sandy severely damaged Jesus Bortarro&#8217;s home in Far Rockaway, NY. After the storm, says Jesus, &#8220;there was no one around. I mean no one. Not a single policeman, National Guard, fireman, no one, not even a plane to survey the damage. We had no lights for weeks.&#8221; In the following months, Jesus faced difficulties with his insurance company and his mortgage company, so free solar was wonderufl news. Almost exactly year after the storm, GRID Alternatives installed solar Jesus&#8217; home &#8211; &#8220;It was like winning the lottery,&#8221; he says. Solar will help cut the Bortarros&#8217; electric bill by around 80% each month. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gridalternatives.org\/regions\/new-york-tri-state\/news\/rebuilding-together-far-rockaway#sthash.LPQWOYdn.dpuf\">Blog Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxny.com\/story\/23613874\/some-rebuilt-homes-in-queens-get-solar-panels\">Fox News Story<\/a> (with video)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Sandy severely damaged Jesus Bortarro&#8217;s home in Far Rockaway, NY. After the storm, says Jesus, &#8220;there was no one around. I mean no one. Not a single policeman, National Guard, fireman, no one, not even a plane to survey the damage. We had no lights for weeks.&#8221; In the following months, Jesus faced difficulties [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"audience":[],"content-type":[13],"focus-area":[29,72],"region":[],"series":[],"content-author":[],"class_list":["post-2173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equity-community","content-type-story","focus-area-clients","focus-area-solar-storage-installations"],"acf":{"hero_media_type":"image","hero_media_image":null,"hero_media_url":"","hero_media_poster":null,"hero_video_play":"inline","related_stories":null,"pattern_override":null,"story_callouts":null,"media":null,"featured_blog_post":null,"featured_event":null,"pdf_download":null,"blockquote":null,"author":null,"notice":null,"social_embed":null,"contact_card":null,"meta_details":null,"faq":null,"table":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jesus Bortarro - GRID Alternatives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hurricane Sandy severely damaged Jesus Bortarro&#039;s home in Far Rockaway, NY. After the storm, says Jesus, &quot;there was no one around. I mean no one. Not a\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jesus Bortarro - GRID Alternatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hurricane Sandy severely damaged Jesus Bortarro&#039;s home in Far Rockaway, NY. After the storm, says Jesus, &quot;there was no one around. I mean no one. Not a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GRID Alternatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-01-15T05:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-03T16:02:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jesusbortarro.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"492\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"390\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/jesus-bortarro\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/jesus-bortarro\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Jesus Bortarro\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-01-15T05:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-03T16:02:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/jesus-bortarro\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":112,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/jesus-bortarro\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/Jesusbortarro.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Equity &amp; Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/jesus-bortarro\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/jesus-bortarro\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jesus Bortarro - GRID Alternatives\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/jesus-bortarro\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/jesus-bortarro\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/Jesusbortarro.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-01-15T05:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-03T16:02:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"description\":\"Hurricane Sandy severely damaged Jesus Bortarro's home in Far Rockaway, NY. After the storm, says Jesus, \\\"there was no one around. I mean no one. Not a\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/jesus-bortarro\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/jesus-bortarro\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/jesus-bortarro\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/Jesusbortarro.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/01\\\/Jesusbortarro.jpg\",\"width\":492,\"height\":390,\"caption\":\"Man and boy wearing white hard hats labeled \\\"San\\\" and \\\"Jesus\\\" at a construction site\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/jesus-bortarro\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jesus Bortarro\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/\",\"name\":\"GRID Alternatives\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jesus Bortarro - GRID Alternatives","description":"Hurricane Sandy severely damaged Jesus Bortarro's home in Far Rockaway, NY. After the storm, says Jesus, \"there was no one around. I mean no one. Not a","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/","og_locale":"es_MX","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jesus Bortarro - GRID Alternatives","og_description":"Hurricane Sandy severely damaged Jesus Bortarro's home in Far Rockaway, NY. After the storm, says Jesus, \"there was no one around. I mean no one. Not a","og_url":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/","og_site_name":"GRID Alternatives","article_published_time":"2015-01-15T05:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-03T16:02:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":492,"height":390,"url":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jesusbortarro.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minuto"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Jesus Bortarro","datePublished":"2015-01-15T05:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-03T16:02:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/"},"wordCount":112,"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jesusbortarro.jpg","articleSection":["Equity &amp; Community"],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/","url":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/","name":"Jesus Bortarro - GRID Alternatives","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jesusbortarro.jpg","datePublished":"2015-01-15T05:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-03T16:02:37+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"description":"Hurricane Sandy severely damaged Jesus Bortarro's home in Far Rockaway, NY. After the storm, says Jesus, \"there was no one around. I mean no one. Not a","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jesusbortarro.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Jesusbortarro.jpg","width":492,"height":390,"caption":"Man and boy wearing white hard hats labeled \"San\" and \"Jesus\" at a construction site"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/jesus-bortarro\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jesus Bortarro"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/#website","url":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/","name":"GRID Alternatives","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8752,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions\/8752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"focus-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/focus-area?post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"content-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-author?post=2173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}