{"id":3452,"date":"2016-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gridalt.wpenginepowered.com\/the-current\/former-marine-has-a-word-of-advice\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:03:55","slug":"former-marine-has-a-word-of-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/former-marine-has-a-word-of-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Marine has a Word of Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cOnce a Marine, always a Marine,\u201d chuckles Bill Glover as he prepares lunch for the dozen volunteers installing solar on his roof. Mr Glover is responding to a question about the length of his military service, but it\u2019s clear the service has never left him.<\/p>\n

After 20 years in the U.S Marine Corps, Mr Glover, now 81, began a long career at the Department of Veteran\u2019s Affairs and in his retirement attends community meetings almost every day. \u201cHe\u2019s always going somewhere, he\u2019s very plugged into the community,\u201d says Mr Glover\u2019s wife, Ida.<\/p>\n

The Glovers live in the Skyline Heights neighborhood of San Diego — Mrs Glover says things have changed on their street with house sales and renters moving in, but there\u2019s still a strong sense of togetherness amongst neighbors — and it\u2019s that support network that led them to GRID.<\/p>\n

\u201cCathy Ramsey<\/a> runs a monthly community meeting on a Monday evening in our neighborhood and we go along to it whenever we can,\u201d says Mrs Glover. A tireless community organizer, Ms. Ramsey — herself a solar recipient through GRID — persuaded the Glovers that GRID Alternatives was worth investigating.<\/p>\n

Together the Glover\u2019s talked over their options. Mr Glover already understood the environmental benefits of solar, but after careful research had decided it wasn\u2019t financially viable for them to make an investment that large. Things changed when he heard what Ms. Ramsey had to say. \u201cWhen I listened to GRID policies and the way it worked, I realized it could make sense for us,\u201d says Mr Glover.<\/p>\n

He has some advice for anybody who thinks they might be able to go solar with GRID, but who is on the fence. \u201cFirstly, don\u2019t be afraid to call and see if you qualify, it\u2019s easy and it doesn\u2019t hurt. Secondly, listen. Listen to the policy details and you might just end up with a very positive outcome.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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