August 14, 2019 Night

Good evening! Partly clear and 71 degrees in Delmar, NY. πŸŽ‘ There is a northwest breeze at 5 mph. πŸƒ. The dew point is 58 degrees. Big bright moon overhead but it’s still warm enough that I decided to run the fan in my bedroom for a bit. My electric bill was only $48 last month which wasn’t too bad but I also left the water heater off because it’s been warm and I was gone for a week on vacation.

I am pretty sure this weekend I’m going to spend at the Potholers. 🏊 I’m going to make it a three day weekend, taking off Monday of next week. I just have to find coverage at work. I could even take off Tuesday but without a camping permit I’d have to camp somewhere else. I’ll have to think about it some more. I have the time, I’ve not taken off my this summer and it’s going to be quite warm.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌀, with a low of 59 degrees at 5am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 21st. Maximum dew point of 58 at 10pm. North wind around 5 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was sticky. It got down to 67 degrees. The record low of 48 occurred back in 1964.

Tonight will have a Full Moon πŸŒ• with 99% illuminated. The moon will set at 5:52 am. The sun will rise at 6:01 am with the first light at 5:31 am, which is one minute and 5 seconds later than yesterday. πŸŒ„ Tonight will have 10 hours and 4 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 31 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 81 degrees at 3pm. Typical for tomorrow. Maximum dew point of 62 at 4pm. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was humid. The high last year was 88 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1959.

In four weeks on September 11 the sun will be setting at 7:12 pm,πŸŒ„ which is 46 minutes and 13 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 70 and 58 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 74 and 54 degrees. The record high of 98 degrees was set back in 1931.

Looking ahead, State Fair Opens 🎑 is in 1 weeks, Back to School Day πŸŽ’ is in 3 week, September 11th πŸ‡Έ is in 4 weeks, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 6 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 πŸ‘΄πŸ» is in 75 weeks.

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Closing the deal and getting my signature on a contract should have been a slam dunk for NRG, one of the largest American energy companies and the developer of the project in my community. Instead, my three-month journey through its sales process turned me from a hot lead into an annoyed non-subscriber with a lower opinion of NRG than I had had when the process began.

The fact that many of the negative aspects of my experience are common across community solar marketing is cause for concern. For community solar to get to a breakout point for growth, developers (and their partners and contractors) should take a fresh approach to marketing and sales that’s focused on transparent education and clarity of information.