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Last Friday, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, came from Washington DC to visit Jerry Shumate\u2019s home in Long Beach in order to check out a GRID Alternatives install.<\/p>\n

The installation on  Mr. Shumate’s home was led by GLA Solar Installation Supervisors Sal Torres and Norman Graham with the help of volunteers and job trainees from LA Trade Tech. Both the Long Beach Press Telegram<\/a> and The OC Register<\/a> covered the visit.<\/p>\n

Here are some of our favorite pictures from the day: <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Last Friday, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, came from Washington DC to visit Jerry Shumate\u2019s home in Long Beach in order to check out a GRID Alternatives install. The installation on  Mr. Shumate’s home was led by GLA Solar Installation Supervisors Sal Torres and Norman Graham with the help of volunteers and job trainees from LA 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