Access relevant resources from Community Voices in Energy that will help you understand your rights, fight for justice, and have a voice in the energy transition.
Learn how lawyers can elevate community voices through full intervenor or participant status, and understand the rights each provides in energy proceedings.
Learn how attorneys can address energy poverty, protect affordability, and help communities shape utility decisions for a more equitable energy future.
Learn how attorneys can help communities influence utility decisions, improve energy affordability, and expand equitable access to clean energy.
From the Climate Xchange State Climate Policy Dashboard: Climate governance and equity policies establish the fundamental procedures, definitions, and directives that guide each states’ transition to a clean economy through…
This report explores how intervenor compensation programs strengthen utility decisions by expanding public participation and improving regulatory outcomes.
A practical guide for community experts and organizations serving as community witnesses in energy and utility proceedings, outlining roles, responsibilities, and expectations.
A guide to assist community advocates to create impactful comments at Public Utility Commission hearings.
A new report highlights how the most successful projects treat communities as partners, not obstacles.
The Energy Equity Project is a collaborative initiative housed at University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability and is part of the Urban Energy Justice Lab.
The Chisholm Legacy Project connects Black communities on the frontlines of climate justice with resources to take action and move from vision to strategy to action plan to implementation.
A national nonprofit network working to develop energy, green infrastructure and other projects that create sustainable, just, and inclusive economies with opportunities for all.
An environmental economic development nonprofit based in Chicago that advances self-sustaining Black communities by offering whole-system solutions.
A non-profit consulting group that offers expert services in the areas of energy, environment, consumer protection, and equity and provides on-the-job training to the next generation of technical experts.
A 40-acre eco-campus in the historic Black farming community of Pembroke Township, Illinois that empowers people with knowledge and skills to build self-reliant, resilient communities.
A woman-led nonprofit with a mission to make climate science and clean energy understandable and actionable for everyone.
A community of over 3,700 climate advocates, organizers, researchers, and data specialists helping climate advocates run smarter public engagement campaigns.
A think tank at Brown University informing a more just, equitable, and effective global climate change policy.
A collaboration of more than 30 diverse, local, frontline organizations working to advance the energy democracy movement in the U.S.
Energy Efficiency for All unites people from diverse sectors and backgrounds, to collectively make multifamily homes healthy and affordable through energy and water efficiency.
The Midwest’s leading environmental legal advocacy organization; we drive transformational policy changes with national impacts.
The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition is made up of hundreds of organizations working to improve public health and the environment, protect consumers, and create equitable, clean jobs across the state.
Initiative for Energy Justice aims to offer concrete energy policy solutions focused on equity, in order to advance a Just Transition and build power for marginalized communities, particularly frontline communities and communities of color.
The Just Solar Coalition supports a transition to a green economy that includes everyone, helps to close the employment gap, and creates a new story about the community’s role in the energy system.
A nonprofit that is the home of grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice; it advocates, agitates, and litigates for the civil rights due to Black America.
A nonprofit that advances policies and institutional actions that promote racial equity and shared prosperity in metropolitan Atlanta and the American South.
Soulardarity is building a brighter future in Highland Park, Illinois through education, organizing, and people-powered clean energy.
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy promotes responsible and equitable energy choices to ensure clean, safe, and healthy communities throughout the Southeast.
A nonprofit that empowers and organizes low-income, people of color to build healthy communities for all.
