ECEE - DEFG, LLC.

ECEE National Workshop

Community Voices on Equity

Challenge Statement

“Utilities have an obligation to provide safe, affordable, reliable energy to all. We believe the time has come to expand the traditional compact in the utility sector to include clean energy and new perspectives on equity.

We must consider the impacts on the grid, the traditional utility business model, and customers, especially around affordability and access. Particular attention is needed to ensure that at-risk customers share the benefits of the transition to a clean energy economy.

It is critically important that we get the right balance. Please join us in the Equity in the Clean Energy Economy (ECEE) Collaborative.”

– Jamie Wimberly, CEO, DEFG

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ECEE Principles

Equitable

Improving universal access, including clean energy

Ensuring inclusion in strategy/decisions (procedural equity)

Ensuring fair division of costs and benefits (distributive equity)

Clean

Significantly reducing carbon emissions and other pollutants

Adapting to & mitigating negative climate change impacts

Promoting sustainable approaches to serving at-risk customers

Resilient

Keeping the lights on and maintaining power quality

Adapting grid for distributed generation and smart tech

Providing greater resiliency for vulnerable communities

Affordable

Lowering energy burden on at-risk customers

Providing greater access to financing and consumer credit

Evaluating clean energy investments on rates and rate design

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Highlights

Lack of access to computers/broadband, discrimination, lack of transportation and resources, unemployment, and poor living conditions are among the few trials customers face.

Identifying new approaches and tools to address equity issues for at-risk communities during the transition to a clean energy economy.

Make sure to join the ECEE Collaborative to stay up-to-date with new research and upcoming webcasts and discussions. It’s free to join and we welcome all perspectives.

Check out our recent webinar with Dr. Alvin Sanders of World Impact in a discussion about redemptive poverty.

Downloadable Research

This collaborative includes a wide range of stakeholders in order to give voice to many perspectives. An ongoing stream of research will facilitate discussion. Below are tracks of work with publicly accessible research.

Track 1

Framework Development & Application

Track 2

Meta-Analysis & Clearinghouse

Track 3

Case Studies, Profiles & Best Practices

Track 4

Voice of the Customer Research

Track 5

Regulatory & Policy

Track 6