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RE PIONEERS | WHERE THEY ARE NOW Marion Barritt | Gardnerville, Nev.
WHEN MARION BARRI; SET OUT to build
her house in Gardnerville, Nev., in 1996, she wanted
to make sure it had two things: energy-e;cient features and solar panels.
;e e;ciency portion was accomplished easily
enough, but the solar panels? Well, that sparked a
years-long crusade that reshaped
Nevada’s energy policies and
made Barri; a national advocate
for renewables.
Now, at 67, Barri; is pleased to
see the progress renewable energy
has made over the years. “You open up the paper,
and every day there’s an article about renewables,”
she says. “;at never used to happen. ;ings you
would have never heard of 10 years ago are every-
where now.”
Barri; recently sat down with SOLAR TODAY’s
Corey Dahl to re;ect on the days
before “green” and “renewable”
were popular buzzwords and
talk about what she’s doing now.
Read the interview at solartoday.
org/pioneers. ST
“You open up the paper,
and every day there’s an article
about renewables.” ; MARION BARRIT T
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Marion Barritt (right) and former Nevada
state Sen. Lawrence Jacobsen, one of the
lawmakers Barritt worked with to pass
renewables-friendly legislation in Nevada.
