Welcome to the Energy Equity Project
Mission
The mission of EEP is to ensure BIPOC, lower-income and frontline environmental justice communities have the power to determine their energy futures and secure an equitable share of benefits from the clean energy transition.
Vision
Our vision is a world in which there are no energy shutoffs and all people have community-controlled, affordable, reliable, clean energy.
What is Energy Equity?
Energy equity recognizes the historical and cumulative burdens of energy system borne by frontline and low income communities. To eliminate these disparities, energy equity centers the voices of frontline communities in energy planning and decision making and ensures the fair distribution of clean energy benefits and ownership.
Energy Equity Project Updates
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- #WageLoveIn memory of Charity Hicks, Detroit Water Activist
- Energy Equity Valentine’s Day Cards for all!With Valentine’s Day coming up, we’ve written some mini cards to send to your favorite utility rep or commissioner, as well as one for energy equity allies. Feel free to print them off and mail them with a tasty treatContinue reading “Energy Equity Valentine’s Day Cards for all!”
- Rethinking Procedural EquityI’ve been revisiting ideas of procedural equity in the energy system since the election. The procedures that govern who is selected to regulate utilities and how stakeholders can access and sway decisions have profound impacts on the distribution of benefitsContinue reading “Rethinking Procedural Equity”
- Energy Justice Scriptures: A New American TranslationA poem by Justin Schott dedicated to 100 million souls held captive by the valley of the shadow of utility shutoffs.
- They died with the AC off. Why the government pays for heating but not cooling.Illustration by Derek Abella for POLITICO Check out this Politico article by Thomas Frank about the impacts of federal policies that fail to protect people in the hottest regions from extreme heat. For more about extreme heat, see this articleContinue reading “They died with the AC off. Why the government pays for heating but not cooling.”
- Biden’s environmental justice scorecard offers more questions than answersPC: Win McNamee / Getty Images Read this Grist article by Naveena Sadasivam about the Biden administration’s environmental justice scorecard, which quotes Justin Schott, project manager of EEP.
Energy Equity Project is a fiscally sponsored project of the Tides Center
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EEP also partners with more than 20 frontline organizations representing 14 states, and several state and federal agencies.
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