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THE SOVEREIGNTY DESK

How you take it back

DIY solar, honest payback math, home storage, net-metering fights, interconnection, off-grid — the exit ramps, specced and priced.

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“kW is not kWh, and a payback claim without its tariff assumption is a rumor.”

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