The Northeast Kingdom..New England. We've got wind and solar and will have hydro this summer...After I fix the tractor*g* Check out hydrogenappliances.com. They've got oodles of offgrid goodies and links to DIY. The best though, is their DC based wind turbines..Way cheaper than AC, and NO upper wind restriction, been tested to 115mph. There's a company in Mass. that's almost perfected a solar film and expect to have the price down to .10 a watt!! Can't happen soon enough for me. I use CFL's due to their much lower need for electricity..about 70% less. I'm running 4K watts and it only raised our bill about 15-20$ and we pay the second highest electric rate in the country..Hawaii pays the most. ow, I know here we are an island, by virtue of a bridge, but damn I didn't know there was a tole on goods..a goodly toll at that. Gas, on our side is $1.93 for high test, the same gas at the sams brand station 5 miles across the bridge, is $.20 a gallon less..go figure*sigh*