Georgia BRIGHT aims to put solar power within reach

Solar installers Seth Gunning (left) and Nicole Lee evaluate a home's electrical system for compatibility with solar panels. (Emily Jones/WABE)

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The Port Wentworth neighborhood where rooftop solar installers Nicole Lee and Seth Gunning met up one fall afternoon was “ideal” for solar panels, they agreed. The houses were relatively new. The one they were sizing up had a clear expanse of roof in perfect condition.

“This is an amazing candidate for solar because it is solar-ready,” said Lee, the owner of Be Smart Home Solutions. “We know they have the newer upgraded electrical system. Plenty of sun because it is a newer neighborhood, so there are no mature trees.”