{"id":2203,"date":"2020-10-27T16:45:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T16:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.empower-solar.com\/?p=2203"},"modified":"2021-11-22T22:01:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T22:01:18","slug":"election-day-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Day 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Election Day rapidly approaching, we reflect on the great privilege, honor, and responsibility that comes with living in a thriving democracy. EmPower is proud to work with a diverse group of political figures across the political spectrum to accomplish our goal of empowering the world with solar energy. Fortunately, solar enjoys bipartisan support, especially in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week Gregory Marks, candidate for Member of the New York State Assembly, District 20, visited one of our Lido Beach installations to learn more about how solar, batteries, and electric vehicles work together.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.empower-solar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1949_ds-1920w.webp\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2205\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.empower-solar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1949_ds-1920w.webp?resize=1920%2C1280\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-component-8d25c93\" class=\"blog-post-component blog-post-component-text\" data-blog-component=\"text\">\n<div class=\"inner-paragraph\" data-blog-inner=\"text\">\n<p>The project features a 16 kW system with 2 Tesla Powerwalls and two electric vehicles. In the event of a blackout, this homeowner will be able to power their refrigerator, televisions, internet router, computers, and to charge their electric vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Our CEO David G. Schieren gave Marks a crash course in battery backup systems, and they discussed the need to accelerate the clean energy movement in order to protect our environment and public health. Melissa Miller is running against Marks for re-election in District 20. Information on how and when to vote can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/elections.ny.gov\/\">elections.ny.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.empower-solar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Full-Front_ds-1920w.webp\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2206\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.empower-solar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Full-Front_ds-1920w.webp?resize=1920%2C1252\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Election Day rapidly approaching, we reflect on the great privilege, honor, and responsibility that comes with living in a thriving democracy. EmPower is proud to work with a diverse group of political figures across the political spectrum to accomplish our goal of empowering the world with solar energy. Fortunately, solar enjoys bipartisan support, especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-empower-solar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Election Day 2020 - EmPower Solar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Election Day 2020 - EmPower Solar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With Election Day rapidly approaching, we reflect on the great privilege, honor, and responsibility that comes with living in a thriving democracy. EmPower is proud to work with a diverse group of political figures across the political spectrum to accomplish our goal of empowering the world with solar energy. Fortunately, solar enjoys bipartisan support, especially [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EmPower Solar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-27T16:45:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-22T22:01:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empower-solar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1935_ds-1920w.webp?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"EmPower Solar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"EmPower Solar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/election-day-2020\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/election-day-2020\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"EmPower Solar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7e05f45ea35b34cc1084ba74215eee7e\"},\"headline\":\"Election Day 2020\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-27T16:45:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-22T22:01:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/election-day-2020\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/election-day-2020\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/IMG_1935_ds-1920w.webp?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1\",\"articleSection\":[\"EmPower Solar\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/election-day-2020\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/election-day-2020\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/election-day-2020\\\/\",\"name\":\"Election Day 2020 - EmPower Solar\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/election-day-2020\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/election-day-2020\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/IMG_1935_ds-1920w.webp?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-27T16:45:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-22T22:01:18+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/election-day-2020\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/election-day-2020\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/election-day-2020\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/IMG_1935_ds-1920w.webp?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/IMG_1935_ds-1920w.webp?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/election-day-2020\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Election Day 2020\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"EmPower Solar\",\"description\":\"Long Island + NYC Solar Company\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"EmPower Solar\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.empower-solar.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/New-Logo-Social.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.empower-solar.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/New-Logo-Social.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"EmPower Solar\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7e05f45ea35b34cc1084ba74215eee7e\",\"name\":\"EmPower Solar\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/029769e33bd405bd296de94b13670b5bd8fc8c363cedce51b5ff611ebf13db9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/029769e33bd405bd296de94b13670b5bd8fc8c363cedce51b5ff611ebf13db9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/029769e33bd405bd296de94b13670b5bd8fc8c363cedce51b5ff611ebf13db9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"EmPower Solar\"},\"description\":\"EmPower Solar develops, engineers, installs, and services solar and battery systems for residential and commercial clients. Since 2003, EmPower Solar has empowered thousands of New York homeowners and businesses with 47 megawatts of distributed solar. Its vision is a new energy paradigm powered by clean, renewable energy for a more prosperous, healthy, and civil world. The company culture is defined by the EmPowering Way, which results in consistent 5-star customer service reviews.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.empower-staging.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/empower-solar.com\\\/en\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/empowersolar\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Election Day 2020 - EmPower Solar","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Election Day 2020 - EmPower Solar","og_description":"With Election Day rapidly approaching, we reflect on the great privilege, honor, and responsibility that comes with living in a thriving democracy. EmPower is proud to work with a diverse group of political figures across the political spectrum to accomplish our goal of empowering the world with solar energy. Fortunately, solar enjoys bipartisan support, especially [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/","og_site_name":"EmPower Solar","article_published_time":"2020-10-27T16:45:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-11-22T22:01:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empower-solar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1935_ds-1920w.webp?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"EmPower Solar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"EmPower Solar","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/"},"author":{"name":"EmPower Solar","@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7e05f45ea35b34cc1084ba74215eee7e"},"headline":"Election Day 2020","datePublished":"2020-10-27T16:45:54+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-22T22:01:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/"},"wordCount":190,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empower-solar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1935_ds-1920w.webp?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","articleSection":["EmPower Solar"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/","url":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/","name":"Election Day 2020 - EmPower Solar","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empower-solar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1935_ds-1920w.webp?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","datePublished":"2020-10-27T16:45:54+00:00","dateModified":"2021-11-22T22:01:18+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empower-solar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1935_ds-1920w.webp?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empower-solar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1935_ds-1920w.webp?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","width":1920,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/election-day-2020\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Election Day 2020"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/","name":"EmPower Solar","description":"Long Island + NYC Solar Company","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/#organization","name":"EmPower Solar","url":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/www.empower-solar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/New-Logo-Social.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.empower-solar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/New-Logo-Social.jpg","width":1000,"height":1000,"caption":"EmPower Solar"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7e05f45ea35b34cc1084ba74215eee7e","name":"EmPower Solar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/029769e33bd405bd296de94b13670b5bd8fc8c363cedce51b5ff611ebf13db9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/029769e33bd405bd296de94b13670b5bd8fc8c363cedce51b5ff611ebf13db9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/029769e33bd405bd296de94b13670b5bd8fc8c363cedce51b5ff611ebf13db9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"EmPower Solar"},"description":"EmPower Solar develops, engineers, installs, and services solar and battery systems for residential and commercial clients. Since 2003, EmPower Solar has empowered thousands of New York homeowners and businesses with 47 megawatts of distributed solar. Its vision is a new energy paradigm powered by clean, renewable energy for a more prosperous, healthy, and civil world. The company culture is defined by the EmPowering Way, which results in consistent 5-star customer service reviews.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.empower-staging.com"],"url":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/blog\/author\/empowersolar\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empower-solar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_1935_ds-1920w.webp?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empower-solar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}