Skeptics are becoming true believers in DeSoto

DeSOTO -- The right pieces have fallen into place for this tiny community some 35 miles north of Albany, pieces that most in the community never would have imagined.

It started with a collaboration between former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams; Rewiring America, a nonprofit whose goal is to help homes, businesses and communities go electric, to reduce the emissions that cause climate change, but also to lower people's monthly bills and improve the health and comfort of their homes, and Georgia Power. Abrams and Rewiring America decided to move forward with a pilot program that would bring needed appliance upgrades to homes in poor neighborhoods, upgrades that would be life-changing for recipients and help improve the environment, one home at a time.