Win-Win-Win for Bishop Paiute Tribe

FOR TEN DAYS in July 2013, GRID staff bunked down in mobile homes on the Bishop Paiute Reservation at the foot of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains for a pilot project to bring solar power and solar job training to community residents. A year later they were back for a second round, leading a group of trainees through three more days of hands-on training that would qualify them to be hired by GRID Alternatives’ local solar subcontractors, who will be installing dozens more systems for low-income residents. “This program is a win-win-win for the Tribe,” said Marcella Keller, Director of the Bishop Paiute Tribal Employment Rights Office. “Our workers gain a tangible skill, our homeowners save hundreds of dollars, and these solar systems help to clean the air, protecting the natural environment for our future generations.”