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ENERGY
DEMOCRACY

Educational resources on intersectional energy justice.

ENERGY DEMOCRACY! webinar series

We offered this 3-part webinar series with MCAN coalition member speakers, decoding energy regulations, net energy billing misinformation and strategies for utility accountability. Watch the video recordings below.

Regulatory framework:
PUC & OPA Overview

Episode #1

Hear from speakers Ken Colburn (A Climate to Thrive, Efficiency Maine Trust) and Beth Woolfolk (A Climate to Thrive) on The Regulatory Framework: PUC + OPA Overview.

Net energy billing: Separating Fact from Fiction Episode #2

Hear from speakers Johannah Blackman
(A Climate to Thrive) and Scott Vlaun (Center for an Ecology-Based Economy) for an in-depth discussion and overview on Net energy billing: separating fact from fiction.

Utility Justice and Accountability Episode #3

Hear from speakers Lucy Hochschartner (Maine Conservation Voters) and Francis Eanes (Maine Labor Climate Council) as they offer an in-depth discussion and overview on Utility Justice and Accountability.

Energy Justice Organizations 

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Efficiency Maine

"Efficiency Maine provides consumer information, marketing support, demonstration pilots, discounts, rebates, loans, and other initiatives to promote high-efficiency equipment and operations that help Maine’s homes, businesses, and institutions reduce their energy costs and lower their greenhouse gas emissions."

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Fix The Grid

"Accelerating a just transition to a democratic, transparent and renewable electric grid."

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Maine Community Power Cooperative 

Maine's Consumer-owned Solar Provider, putting the Community 
back in Community Solar.

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New England for Offshore Wind

​"Our coalition aims to drive regional collaboration and increased ambition on offshore wind across states and ensure that projects come online in a timely and responsible way."

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Solar United Neighbors

"We’re solar organizers, educators, communicators, and policy and technology nerds. We’re neighbors dedicated to building an energy system that works."

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Energy Democracy Project

"The Energy Democracy Project is the home to the REFOCUS campaign. We’re activating Energy Democracy to support the health and wellbeing of our communities and ecosystems, today and for generations to come."

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Our Power 

"Our Power’s mission is to drive change toward energy democracy and a more just and rapid transition to clean energy independence in Maine."

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