Plug in. Point up. Power on.

Here's a nice thing about living on the edge of the continent. The sun reaches you first. Cape Spear catches the very first sunlight in North America, a few minutes down the road from St. John's. Every power bill out here carries a bit of Muskrat Falls too, and there's no undoing that. But the sunshine landing on your own back step is yours, and a panel is a way to keep a little of it.

It's pretty much what it sounds like. Small solar panels you plug into a regular wall outlet, like an appliance. You hang them on a balcony, a wall, or a railing, plug them in, and that's about it. Usually no electrician, no roof work, no permits. They quietly make power and send it straight into your home. Germany has more than a million of them. It's safe, it's proven, and it works everywhere it's allowed.

Newfoundland is the only province where making your own power needs a nod from the government, a rule built to protect the money paying down Muskrat Falls. The good news is the law already has a switch that lets people through. Folks on net metering use it right now. We're just asking the province to flip that same switch for plug-in solar. Nothing new to pass. The door is already built.

So we're asking the province to use the exemption it already has, and open plug-in solar to everyone, the same way it's already open to net-metering customers. Add your name and we'll bring it to the people who can flip the switch.