This past week, Winter Storm Fern served as a stark reminder for Triangle residents why precautions around ice and ice storms are so important. As freezing rain coated North Carolina counties, we saw familiar scenes of sagging power lines and slick roads that brought the state to a standstill. Outside the Carolinas conditions are even worse, with 290,000 people still without power today. 

While many homeowners were left without electricity for hours or days, those with solar and battery storage systems experienced a very different storm. Here is why solar and storage are becoming the ultimate necessity to endure winter storms for North Carolina homeowners.