Watch our webinar exploring federal community benefit plans and energy justice. Case studies from $100B clean energy funding.
Webinar: Reflecting on Federal Community Benefit Plans
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Kelly Sheehan
Rate hikes and record profits: supporting pathways to affordable electricity
As electricity bills surge 30% since 2019, utilities rake in record profits while 1 in 4 households can’t pay. We explore pathways to affordable, reliable energy.
Solar For All Digital Story Map
From landmark legislation to federal termination: Track Solar for All’s 15-month journey, early wins in tribal communities, and the nationwide coalition fighting EPA’s decision to end the program.
Federal Community Benefits: A Framework for Energy Justice Partially Realized
Federal community benefit plans represented the United States’ most ambitious attempt to integrate energy justice into climate investment. Critical gaps in participation and enforcement reveal lessons for future policy design.
Resources from Solar Solutions webinar panelists
Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy Resources Solar United Neighbors Resources
Webinar: Solar Solutions: Community and Coalition Responses to Federal Policy Rollbacks
As federal solar programs face rollbacks, communities are mobilizing. Watch the conversation
Solar for All on the Ground: Implementation, Innovation, and Uncertain Future
Federal policy chaos threatens the EPA’s $7 billion Solar for All program , but tribal and state programs prove energy justice survives through local partnerships and coordination infrastructure.
Kelly Sheehan on the Climate Buzz show
Co-Director of the Initiative for Energy Justice, Kelly Sheehan, joined the Climate Buzz show to discuss the current status and importance of the Solar For All program and other energy justice issues
Building Energy Justice into Disaster Resilience and Recovery
Energy justice framework for disaster resilience: From microgrids to solar hubs, renewable infrastructure can protect vulnerable communities from climate impacts & power outages.
The History of Energy Inequity in America
Energy Justice 101: From the 1880s to today, America’s energy system has delivered benefits unevenly across racial and economic lines. Explore energy inequity history from Edison’s first power plant to modern solar adoption.