Twelve acres of solar panels make up the East Bay Municipal Utility District’s (EBMUD) Orinda Photovoltaic Solar Energy Project (Orinda PV) south of Briones Reservoir and across Bear Creek Road from the PG&E Sobrante substation in Orinda, Calif., on Jan. 29, 2024. (Elijah Nouvelage/EBMUD via Bay City News)

UKIAH, CA., 4/24/25 — On Saturday, community members in Ukiah can learn how to convert their homes to electric power to help the planet and potentially reduce their cost of living. 

On Saturday from 1-4 p.m., the “Electric Homes Tour,” which was created to celebrate Earth Day, will take place in collaboration with the city’s Electric Utility Department and Climate Action Mendocino, an environmental organization that aims to support sustainability in the county. The tour will include five homes in the city of Ukiah, a couple of locations outside the city and one multi-family apartment project.

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Sydney Fishman is a UC Berkeley California Local News Fellow and lives full time in Ukiah. Reach her at sydney@mendovoice.com or through her Signal username @sydannfish.67.