Recent disasters like Hurricane Harvey, Maria, Irma, Florence and Michael exemplify how centralized power topologies are flawed. John Berger, CEO of Sunnova, the largest independent solar+storage service provider, has repeatedly stated that the "pole and the wire" are the inherent weakness of the centralized power utilities, and that DG is the optimal solution. FEMA recently endorsed microinverters for their optimal reliability and safety as a "distributed generation" or "distributed energy" solution; let's look at DG more closely and see how its growth is relevant to Enphase Energy's (ENPH)