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Helping Deliver Clean Energy to First Coast Homeowners

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Bill Gallagher grew up motor racing , mountain climbing and hiking the Adirondack Mountains in his native Minerva , New York . Just about all his peers were self-starters . “ I wouldn ’ t trade that experience for anything in the world ,” Gallagher reflects . He has a blood-borne affinity for auto racing , which he attributes to his dad . “ My dad was incurably curious about everything mechanical .”

In 1970 , Bill relocated to Florida to study at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in pursuit of a piloting career and opportunities to tap into Daytona ’ s racing scene . Bill ’ s time as a pilot afforded him what he describes as a uniquely liberating , therapeutic experience .
Bill Gallagher in the Adirondacks
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