"This is my dream." Off-grid homesteader reveals how to start building on low budget: 'It's not glamorous at first' first ...

Mr. Petroski, 39, is a prominent video creator in the modern-day homesteading movement, determined to live a life of semi-self-sufficiency “off grid,” or disconnected from the power, water ...

Once electricity prices hit $0.25/kWh, disconnecting from the grid with residential solar-plus-storage starts to become financially viable, with sunny places making strong financial arguments.

My family and I have lived on an off-grid compound in the rural New Mexico desert for nearly five years. By “off-grid,” I mean we collect our own rainwater, grow much of our own food and ...

Wasco County in Oregon is the top place to live off the grid, followed by Hot Springs County in Wyoming at No. 2, Meriwether County in Georgia at No. 3 and Bienville Parish in Louisiana at No. 4.