Lake Fork Electric brings power, and now solar independence

There is nothing quite like a family-run business where a husband and wife team, alongside their kids, keep investing in an industry they believe in and work to grow every day. The Doughty family, along with their growing crew, paused for a group photo taken by the Tribune at 6:50 a.m. at their Westcliffe shop. It was the only time they could get most of the crew together before starting work on their ever-growing list of projects.

This summer, the company announced it had created a solar power division after a flood of requests from the community for new solar unit installations. While the focus has always been custom home installation and repairs, it became clear that helping people gain energy independence was in high demand in this mountainous region.

Owner Brad Doughty, who started in the Air Force and later joined a ski lift maintenance crew in Crested Butte, has two decades of electrical experience in the often extreme conditions of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

Brad and Kyle’s kids have also taken to the electrical trade, and help keep the business powering forward into new homes, new regions, and now new solar power generation from the Colorado sunshine.

For more information, see their advertisement on page 6.

– Jordan Hedberg