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Energy Central · 326 episodes with transcripts

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What The Rise of Plug-In Solar Means for Your Utility

October 20, 2026

Matt (0:00)

What happens when thousands of small solar systems connect to the grid without the utility knowing about each one? What happens when households across the country lean into this build-your-own power system without knowing the full safety picture? Whether you call it plug-in PV, plug-in solar, or balcony solar, this…

All right, so Ken, balcony solar, it's truly making solar power more accessible these days. And as a case in point, we were doing some research ahead of this episode, found a whole community on Reddit called DIY Solar, gets tens of thousands of weekly visitors, and we came across a discussion from that community…

Ken Boyce (1:24)

Yeah, it's a really important question, Matt. I would say the promise of allowing people to participate in the energy transition and generate their own electrical power is very exciting. It really is great to enable people to make their own choices about how they want to generate and use electricity to a greater…

It's really important to be proactive in addressing those so that people get the benefits of the new opportunity to generate their own electricity, but do it in a way that will be safe.

Matt (2:37)

You mentioned the role you play. Can you spell that out a little bit more about what UL actually does as you're looking into these safety issues? How are you making this field safer for people?

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