Tool
The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership
A community organizing tool from the Movement Strategy Center that can be used for assessing programs, projects, or campaigns.
Blog
The Gas Industry is Paying Instagram Influencers to Gush over Gas Stoves
The gas cooking Insta–trend is no accident. It’s the result of a carefully orchestrated campaign.
Blog
The Erosion of Public Control Over Public Utilities
Since the 1970s, Congress and federal agencies have replaced regulator-established rates with market-derived pricing in many sectors of the U.S. economy.
Blog
Utility Accountability 101 from NRDC
Too often, utilities are incentivized to build too much of things we don’t need and not enough of things we do need.
Tool
Overview of the Utility System
To understand both the equity issues at stake as well as if utility reform is required, it is important to understand how energy has been delivered to homes and businesses for the past century.
Report
How utilities use charitable giving to influence politics and increase investor profits
This is the first report to compile examples of utilities’ use of their charities to influence politics, and much of the information contained here has not yet been reported publicly.
Multimedia
Engaging With Public Utilities and Public Service Commissions
A manual from the NAACP, explains why it is important for ratepayers to engage with utilities commissions and how to take action.
Blog
Pembroke Township Legislation Appeal
Explores how community and environmental groups asked an Illinois appeals court to overturn a flawed decision to allow a natural gas pipeline to be built in Pembroke Township – an historic Black farming community.
Blog
Illinois Lays Out Blueprint for Next Generation Climate Legislation
Details the impact of the Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act and what comes next.
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Lowell Geothermal Pilot Project
A collaboration to help design best practices and build an equitable and meaningful engagement framework for clean energy that benefits a community.