Ardent Environmentalist

Larry Hagman and his wife Maj were married in 1954 and remain happily married fifty plus years later. She is his best friend and mother of his two children, Heidi and Preston. Larry and Maj live in Ojai, California about eighty miles from Los Angeles in a ten bedroom chalet. Larry and Maj share an avid interest in renewable energy and made an investment to make their home completely energy efficient. They are the owners of the largest residential solar array in America. This solar power system produces enough power for ten residences.

Prior to the installation of this solar power system, their dependence on oil generated electricity for their forty-five acre ranch was more than thirty-five thousand dollars a year. Once the solar power system was installed, the bill went down to only thirteen dollars. The cost for the system was seven hundred and fifty thousand with a three-hundred thousand credit from the electric company. Their house was featured on an episode of “Planet’s Living Green with Ed.” He offered insights into making homes more energy efficient.

One activity Larry was involved in is the BP Solar Neighborhood program that provided solar power to several families in the Los Angeles area. These families were provided solar power systems free of charge. He has worked on alternative energy for third world countries and a part of a program called Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) with the goal of making countries energy-self sufficient.

At seventy-six, Larry began a blog in an effort to educate people about renewable energy. Larry is a dedicated proponent to renewable energy and takes an interest in biofuels and other alternative energy sources. He is considered an expert on renewable energy and has shared his knowledge at programs, meetings and forums continuing to lobby for renewable energy.