Last summer when our power was out for a week, I really thought about how much we depend on electricity. While my family was lucky enough to have a generator and gas grill, the generator wasn't ...

My husband and I built an off-grid cabin 10 years ago, and haven't looked back since. We've learned a lot through years of experience, but we made some mistakes when we first moved here. We should've ...

When my husband inherited rural land, we moved from the Northeast to live off-grid in West Virginia. Our experience has been challenging: I felt lonely at first, and our home requires a lot of upkeep.

One of the questions I’m asked most often is whether I think the future of power in the U.S. will be on-grid or off-grid. My answer is that it's the wrong question. Like most complex subjects—and ...