This is my first post in the journey to become UtilityFree. By this term I mean to completely disconnect from the grid and to produce my own fuel for my transportation needs and all my other energy needs through various means of electrical generation such as solar electricity. Being off grid is my personal choice and I will give reasons as I go along as to why I choose the be off grid as opposed to being on grid or grid tied.

I have been off grid before when I lived in Pennsylvania. We had a 3 kW Jacobs wind generator and a solar hot air system, I had an Exide battery bank along with a 3000 watt inverter. That was over 20 years ago now. I heated the house I lived in with just a 1,500 watt electric heater because the house was so well insulated.

I am beginning to take another journey going down a familiar road. This time will be just as exciting as the last time because we have better energy efficient materials then we did 20 years ago, have solar electric cells that are more affordable then ever and have wind generators that now are more reliable then ever before.

Let me set the stage for all of you reading this. We have just moved our home and office to a 5 acre parcel north of Denver, Colorado. The home was built in 1999 but put on the site in 2004.
The next post will describe the house in greater detail and what my immediate plans are for the site.

I plan to post pictures on a regular basis as I move along. Pictures are worth a thousand words at times so I will post then often as I can. Digital camera are one of the greatest things to come along.

Well that is it for now..