David Morgan lives with his wife and three kids in a modest Garden City home he describes as a fixer-upper. The one-story, 1,700-square-foot home sits between the new Groves school complex and the railroad tracks off Highway 21. It’s not where you might expect to find solar panels on the roof.
But as of early February, a 10-kilowatt solar array crowns the Morgan home. Two large backup batteries are coming soon.
Savannah-based Be Smart Home Solutions is installing the system as part of the Georgia Bright program, which leases rooftop solar to Georgia homeowners with a household income of less than $100,000.
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