{"id":57021,"date":"2014-10-20T17:47:23","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T00:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=57021"},"modified":"2014-10-21T14:13:20","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T21:13:20","slug":"so-cal-solar-donates-solar-system-to-a-disabled-av-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/10\/20\/so-cal-solar-donates-solar-system-to-a-disabled-av-veteran\/","title":{"rendered":"So-Cal Solar donates solar system to disabled AV veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"So-Cal<\/a>
So-Cal Solar Inc. Vice President Xiomara Roman (center) decided to donate a solar system to a disabled Antelope Valley veteran recently after hearing the veteran\u2019s story at a public utilities meeting in Palmdale. Roman is pictured with Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford (left) and So-Cal Solar Inc. President Todd Ayers at a recent event. [Contributed photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER \u2013 A public hearing<\/a> in Palmdale earlier this month allowed local residents to weigh in on Southern California Edison\u2019s rate increases.<\/p>\n

Kiesha Jackson<\/strong> spoke at that hearing, explaining that the rate hike would be especially difficult for her because she is a disabled veteran on a fixed income.<\/p>\n

Jackson\u2019s story struck a chord with Xiomara Roman<\/strong>, Vice President of So-Cal Solar Inc.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter hearing Kiesha share her heart and story at the hearing, I knew something had to be done,\u201d Roman said. \u201cAs a military veteran myself, I know what the service men and women fight for on a daily basis, and I couldn\u2019t sit back and watch them fight the battle overseas and lose the war at home, due to the economy and unemployment rate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roman said she decided after the public hearing to donate an entire solar system to Jackson.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe solar system we\u2019re donating to Kiesha will not only eliminate Kiesha\u2019s fear of increased energy rates, like the most recent 8% rate hike, but it will also increase the value of Kiesha\u2019s home drastically,\u201d Roman said.<\/p>\n

A grateful Jackson called Roman \u201can angel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it because when you struggle as much as I have, for as long as I have, you start to lose faith\u2026\u201dJackson said. \u201cHowever, God sends his angels and Xiomara is proof of that.\u00a0 She restored my hope and strengthened my faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

So-Cal Solar Inc. is locally owned and operated. For more information about the company, visit www.socalsolarinc.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Previous related story<\/span>: High Desert residents weigh in on proposed public utility rate changes<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LANCASTER \u2013 A public hearing in Palmdale earlier this month allowed local residents to weigh in on Southern California Edison\u2019s rate increases. Kiesha Jackson spoke at that hearing, explaining that the rate hike would be especially difficult for her because she is a disabled veteran on a fixed income. Jackson\u2019s story struck a chord with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}