When the Lights Go Out, This Town Stays On

For this episode, we head to Pescadero, California, where a 100% solar community microgrid with battery storage is being built to keep critical services online during storms and line failures. Schools, a fire station, and essential nonprofits serve as resilience hubs for residents, medications, and communication when the main grid fails. We discuss sizing, storage limits, and why community‑wide resilience is both a climate strategy and a public safety mandate. The throughline is clear: smarter defaults, longer‑lasting goods, and local energy can turn bad days into manageable ones.