Mike Leonard says that he rarely has a typical day at work. “On Monday, I might be stuck in the office or shop in Boise opening up the rest of the week for service and inspection calls,” he says.
As owner and founder of Aurora Power and Design Inc. in Boise, which designs and installs alternative-energy systems such as solar panels on homes and businesses, Leonard never knows exactly what’s next. Will it be more work around the office and shop or working on logistics for a trek across the high plains and canyon land of southern Owyhee County. That’s the site of one of his solar energy systems on a 100-year-old cattle ranch in Nevada.