— Herb Hill might be among just a handful of people in Oklahoma with a house powered by the sun and the wind.

On his 5-acre property west of Crescent, the 85-year-old utility company retiree has 36 solar panels and a 100-foot-tall wind turbine. He also has a propane-powered emergency generator to back up the electricity from his local electric cooperative.

Hill’s neither a “doomsday prepper” who’s ready to live off the grid, nor a hardcore environmentalist enamored with green energy. He just wants cheap, available electricity to help run his deep freezers and his spa.

“I’m all electric, and I just want to live and exist,” Hill said as his two dogs lay in the shade under his solar panels. “I just wanted a secure source of electricity. I’m not in it to make money, but the excess goes over to my next bill. I’ve been real satisfied with the whole operation.”