{"id":3932,"date":"2017-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gridalt.wpenginepowered.com\/the-current\/1600-and-counting\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:04:21","slug":"1600-and-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/1600-and-counting\/","title":{"rendered":"1,600 and Counting"},"content":{"rendered":"

GRID Alternatives Central Valley started with six team members and one truck and trailer in the first warehouse. Eight years later, 32 team members strong. Due to explosive growth, GRID Central Valley just finished moving into its fourth location. Since 2009, Tom Esqueda, GRID Executive Director has led his group on an adventure, from working on one install a week, to working on three installs per day. Since inception, GRID Central Valley has focused on helping the many communities it serves. In eight years, we have had the privilege to serve many families in 13 counties served from Kern County to the south, to San Joaquin County to the north. Tom Esqueda said, \u201cMy biggest challenge was thinking about how I was going to get community volunteers on installs in the summertime when temperatures reach 100 degrees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, we celebrate another accomplishment our 1,600th<\/sup> install in the lovely City of Reedley, CA. The sun shined on the Turner family, Allison Turner our qualifying homeowner, like many other of our clients, heard about the program from a relative and made the call. A couple months later she was getting solar installed. Allison welcomed us to her home on August 4, 2017, and as we celebrated this accomplishment, we even had a special visit from Frank Pinon, Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Reedley. Smiles, laughter and joy filled the day as everyone celebrated this milestone. Allison Turner said, \u201cIt\u2019s been a struggle, but solar is really going to help me save money, thank you so much.\u201d Vanilla cake helped sweeten the install, but for Allison having her solar system, was icing on the cake.<\/p>\n

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Rick Gonzales an instructor from Proteus Inc., William M. Maguy School of Education and his job trainees helped install the system. This was the perfect time for students to showcase their solar photovoltaic installation skills as they installed on the home. Through our partnership with Proteus, the William M. Maguy School of Education, teaches students solar photovoltaic installation basics through a six week training course. Thanks to our partners, dedicated volunteers, and home owners GRID Central Valley has been able to reach this milestone in eight years.<\/p>\n

Rick Gonzales said, \u201cSince beginning in 2010, our partnership with GRID has been overall a winning situation for the William M. Maguy School of Education, it\u2019s also a winning situation for the community and the environment. It\u2019s truly an honor to be part of this celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n

GRID Central Valley\u2019s success reflects the focus and dedication of our Regional Director, Tom Esqueda, who makes the work environment, feel like a family environment. He literally makes it feel like \u201cMi casa es su casa\u201d and makes you feel like family, and family sticks together. Everyone gets along really well and everyone works together to achieve our stated goals.<\/p>\n

So what does 1600th<\/sup> installs mean for the Central Valley? Since 2009, GRID Central Valley has installed over 6.37 Megawatts of rooftop solar. Generating an anticipated $59.5 million expected lifetime savings for our clients, preventing 121,990 tons of greenhouse gasses from entering the air we breathe and reflecting the equivalent of removing 23,300 cars off the road for one year.<\/p>\n

GRID Central Valley is always pioneering new adventures, so stay tuned for what is coming up in 2018. You never know, we might be having our 2,000th<\/sup> install in your neighborhood. If you haven\u2019t been part of the GRID Central Valley solar experience yet, we welcome you to come out and try it for yourself.<\/p>\n

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