Plug in. Point up. Power on.

Power costs more in Nunavut than anywhere else in the country, with every one of the twenty-five communities running on its own diesel. When power costs that much, a little of your own goes a long way, and the summer up here brings more than enough sun to make it count.

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.

Putting solar on a roof usually means hiring a certified electrician, and across twenty-five fly-in communities there just aren't enough to go around. Crews get flown in from the south. That's the whole point of plug-in solar. It's the panel you can set up yourself. The fix here isn't more electricians, it's certified gear that's allowed to plug in.

So we're asking Qulliq Energy and the Government of Nunavut to make certified plug-in systems legal, so a household doesn't need an electrician they can't get just to make a little of their own power.