The Guadalajara Reporter

Solar home tour shows off power of the sun

With electricity bills on the rise, lakeside residents are increasingly harnessing power from the sun and installing solar panels.

Last Saturday, eSun Energy, which has offices in Ajijic, Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, hosted a solar home tour with customers with solar panels opening their doors to curious onlookers.

“The price of electricity keeps going up and the use goes up, so we decided we needed to do something,” said Steve Coffman, the owner of Lolita’s Inn Ajijic. Coffman was paying about 8,000 pesos every two months on power, so he decided to install a 7,500-watt, 30 panel system in October. Now his electricity bills have dropped to 55 pesos.

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