{"id":3197,"date":"2015-12-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gridalt.wpenginepowered.com\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:03:39","slug":"the-big-5-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big 5-0!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, December 9th GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic office successfully installed our 50th solar system! The proud client, Darlene Jackson, couldn\u2019t be happier to be making a positive impact to her local community and environment. Ms. Jackson was born and raised in the District and moved into her historical home in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the first homeowners in her neighborhood, Ms. Jackson told us \u201cI\u2019ve always been interested in reducing my carbon footprint,\u201d and she proved it by taking the initiative to refurbish her roof so that solar could be a feasible option.<\/p>\n<p>Darlene received a 3.9kW system installation that included 16 265Watt photovoltaic (PV) panels. The system was installed by a group of local volunteers and GRID staff. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"migrated-inline-image wp-image-5102\" src=\"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/volunteers50th-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/volunteers50th-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/volunteers50th-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/volunteers50th-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/volunteers50th-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/volunteers50th-1536x1207.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/volunteers50th-2048x1610.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/volunteers50th-1200x943.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>So what does 50 installs mean?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>143 kW<\/strong> Installed in the Mid-Atlantic Region<\/li>\n<li><strong>$785,000<\/strong> Lifetime Savings for Low Income Families<\/li>\n<li><strong>2,400<\/strong> Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Prevented<\/li>\n<li><strong>460<\/strong> Cars off the Road for a Year<\/li>\n<li><strong>239<\/strong> Volunteers Trained <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With the end of 2015 approaching, the Mid-Atlantic office is very excited to have achieved this milestone. As the number of PV installations increase, we continue to reduce carbon emissions, provide clean, affordable energy to low-income residents and train local volunteers to become the future workforce of a greener and brighter future!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, December 9th GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic office successfully installed our 50th solar system! The proud client, Darlene Jackson, couldn\u2019t be happier to be making a positive impact to her local community and environment. Ms. Jackson was born and raised in the District and moved into her historical home in 1996.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"audience":[],"content-type":[12],"focus-area":[27],"region":[],"series":[],"content-author":[],"class_list":["post-3197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-organizational-stories","content-type-news","focus-area-volunteers"],"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>The Big 5-0! - GRID Alternatives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On Wednesday, December 9th GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic office successfully installed our 50th solar system! The proud client, Darlene Jackson, couldn\u2019t be happier to be making a positive impact to her local community and environment. Ms. Jackson was born and raised in the District and moved into her historical home in 1996.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Big 5-0! - GRID Alternatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On Wednesday, December 9th GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic office successfully installed our 50th solar system! The proud client, Darlene Jackson, couldn\u2019t be happier to be making a positive impact to her local community and environment. Ms. Jackson was born and raised in the District and moved into her historical home in 1996.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GRID Alternatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-14T05:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-03T16:03:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/50thInstall_1-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1651\" \/>\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\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/the-big-5-0\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/the-big-5-0\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"The Big 5-0!\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-14T05:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-03T16:03:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/the-big-5-0\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":205,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/the-big-5-0\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/50thInstall_1-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Organizational Stories\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/the-big-5-0\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/the-big-5-0\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Big 5-0! - GRID Alternatives\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/the-big-5-0\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/the-big-5-0\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/50thInstall_1-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-14T05:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-03T16:03:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"description\":\"On Wednesday, December 9th GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic office successfully installed our 50th solar system! The proud client, Darlene Jackson, couldn\u2019t be happier to be making a positive impact to her local community and environment. Ms. Jackson was born and raised in the District and moved into her historical home in 1996.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/the-big-5-0\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/the-big-5-0\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/the-big-5-0\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/50thInstall_1-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/12\\\/50thInstall_1-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1651,\"caption\":\"Group of workers holding GRID Alternatives banner at construction site\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/the-big-5-0\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Big 5-0!\"}]},{\"@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":"The Big 5-0! - GRID Alternatives","description":"On Wednesday, December 9th GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic office successfully installed our 50th solar system! The proud client, Darlene Jackson, couldn\u2019t be happier to be making a positive impact to her local community and environment. Ms. Jackson was born and raised in the District and moved into her historical home in 1996.","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":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/","og_locale":"es_MX","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Big 5-0! - GRID Alternatives","og_description":"On Wednesday, December 9th GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic office successfully installed our 50th solar system! The proud client, Darlene Jackson, couldn\u2019t be happier to be making a positive impact to her local community and environment. Ms. Jackson was born and raised in the District and moved into her historical home in 1996.","og_url":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/","og_site_name":"GRID Alternatives","article_published_time":"2015-12-14T05:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-03T16:03:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1651,"url":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/50thInstall_1-scaled.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":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"The Big 5-0!","datePublished":"2015-12-14T05:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-03T16:03:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/"},"wordCount":205,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/50thInstall_1-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Organizational Stories"],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/","url":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/","name":"The Big 5-0! - GRID Alternatives","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/50thInstall_1-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2015-12-14T05:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-03T16:03:39+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"description":"On Wednesday, December 9th GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic office successfully installed our 50th solar system! The proud client, Darlene Jackson, couldn\u2019t be happier to be making a positive impact to her local community and environment. Ms. Jackson was born and raised in the District and moved into her historical home in 1996.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/50thInstall_1-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/50thInstall_1-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1651,"caption":"Group of workers holding GRID Alternatives banner at construction site"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/the-big-5-0\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Big 5-0!"}]},{"@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\/3197","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=3197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5459,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3197\/revisions\/5459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"focus-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/focus-area?post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=3197"},{"taxonomy":"content-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-author?post=3197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}