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C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • S U M M E R / F A L L 2 0 1 6 247 Saving on Electric Bills with Dority Roofing & Solar B Y B R E T T W I L B U R HE FORMER ESTATE OF TELEVISION HOST AND ENTERTAINER MERV GRIFFIN SITS HIGH UP ON A MOUNTAINTOP IN C ARMEL VALLEY. CELEBRITIES LIKE C ARY GRANT, CLINT EASTWOOD, JIMMY STEWART AND MANY MORE VIS- ITED THE MEDIA MOGUL FOR DINNER PARTIES AMONGST THE VINEYARDS. THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WAS THRILLED WITH THE SWIMMING POOL, PRIVACY AND VIEWS, BUT DISTRESSED WHEN SHE GOT HER PG&E BILL HER FIRST SUMMER LIVING THERE. "WE PUMP WATER UP TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN AND MY FIRST BILL WAS $7000 FOR THE MONTH," SHE REC ALLS. "IT WAS SHOCKING, AND I THOUGHT, 'WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.' I'M ALSO VERY ECOLOGIC ALLY MINDED AND I WANT TO DO AS MUCH AS I C AN TO SAVE MOTHER EARTH. A FRIEND RECOMMENDED DORITY FOR SOLAR AND I LOVED THE COMPANY AND THE RESULT." AFTER DORITY INSTALLED A TOP-GRADE SOLAR PANEL SYSTEM, THAT $7000 AGRICULTURAL BILL WENT DOWN TO $300 A MONTH, AND THE ELECTRIC BILLS FOR THE TWO RESIDENCES ON THE PROPERTY WENT DOWN TO ZERO . "N OW PG&E OWES ME MONEY," THE OWNER SAYS. K ASEY DORITY, WHO OWNS THE COMPANY WITH WIFE MONIQUE, EXPLAINS THAT THE HIGHEST QUALITY SUNPOWER SOLAR SYSTEMS HE INSTALLS ARE A GREAT INVESTMENT FOR HIS CLIENTS AND ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE . "W E'VE BEEN INSTALLING SOLAR FOR 13 YEARS ON THE MONTEREY PENINSULA AND WE ARE GOING CONSTANTLY ," HE SAYS. "IT MAKES UP 50 PERCENT OF OUR BUSINESS NOW ." T Run on the Sun S U S TA I N A B L E L I F E

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