Who We Are

The Solar Home & Business Journal provides solar consumers with news and information that we gather and report independently. We are professional journalists with decades of experience; some of us are longtime solar owners ourselves.

If you have questions, comments or suggestions, please write to us at: editor@sunpluggers.com.

Writers and contributors

Michael Balchunas, a writer based in the Los Angeles area, has been an editor and reporter at newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and The Hartford Courant, and a writer for Pomona College Magazine. Contact him at michael.balchunas@sunpluggers.com.

Thomas Bieluczyk, a writer based in Connecticut, has been an editor or reporter for Connecticut newspapers for 35 years. He has taught journalism at the University of Connecticut and at Central Connecticut State University. He currently teaches at Central. Contact him at tomb@sunpluggers.com.

Leslie Carlson is a graphic artist and journalist based in California who has worked at the Los Angeles Times. You can email her at lcarlson@sunpluggers.com.

Pamela Coyle, a freelance writer and editor based in Nashville, Tenn., was an assistant city editor at The Times-Picayune in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and a member of the newspaper’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Katrina coverage team. Most recently, Ms. Coyle was an assistant city editor at The Tennessean in Nashville. She has a master's degree in the study of law from Yale University and is a regular contributor to EnergyBiz magazine. Contact her at pcoyle@sunpluggers.com.

Dan Fink, a renewable-energy author, lecturer and consultant, has lived off the grid in Colorado, 11 miles from the nearest power line, since 1991. He is co-author of the book "Homebrew Wind Power," and his work appears frequently in renewable-energy magazines such as Home Power and Back Home. You can email him at dan.fink@sunpluggers.com.

Erin Milnes is a freelance writer and editor in Oakland, Calif. She has worked in the media for the past 20 years, with stints as managing editor at Loyola University Press in Chicago, senior editor at West Group in San Francisco, producer at TVMoto, and co-creative director at Prime Chuck Creative. You can email her at emilnes@sunpluggers.com.

Meredith Nelson, based in New York City, is a former editor at the New York Daily News, The Record of Bergen County and The Hartford Courant. Contact her at meredith.nelson@sunpluggers.com.

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