{"id":21308,"date":"2025-12-09T11:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T11:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/12\/09\/small-plug-in-solar-panels-gain-traction-as-an-affordable-way-to-cut-electricity-bills\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T11:58:07","slug":"small-plug-in-solar-panels-gain-traction-as-an-affordable-way-to-cut-electricity-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/2025\/12\/09\/small-plug-in-solar-panels-gain-traction-as-an-affordable-way-to-cut-electricity-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Small plug-in solar panels gain traction as an affordable way to cut electricity bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yVO9GcNlkLQ?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>For years, solar power at home was mostly limited to people who owned their rooftops and could afford the steep upfront costs. But now, a new generation of small, affordable systems \u2014 often called \u201cplug-in\u201d solar \u2014 are making clean energy more accessible. Already widespread in Germany, the movement is gaining momentum in the United States. Laura Klivans of PBS member station KQED reports.<\/p>\n<p>Watch PBS News for daily, breaking and live news, plus special coverage. 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But now, a new generation of small, affordable systems \u2014 often called \u201cplug-in\u201d solar \u2014 are making clean energy more accessible. Already widespread in Germany, the movement is gaining momentum in the United [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8553,"featured_media":21309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2936,1875,69370,2905,48526,31,29,34],"tags":[2917,1845,69369,2895,48522,4,2,7],"class_list":["post-21308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-california","category-energy","category-energy-demand","category-news","category-plug-in-solar","category-renewable-energy","category-solar-energy","category-solar-power","tag-california","tag-energy","tag-energy-demand","tag-news","tag-plug-in-solar","tag-renewable-energy","tag-solar-energy","tag-solar-power"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8553"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/youtubomatic-test\/demoa26f6b3a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}