Only 30% of UK households have off-street parking. Without affordable street charging, the EV transition risks becoming a privilege divide. Imagine community-owned charging points offering discounted rates — turning lampposts into local energy assets. #EVcharging #JustTransition #EnergyEquity

In Darwin, homeowners and higher‑income households benefit most from efficiency upgrades, while renters face locked‑in barriers. Energy transitions must be structural to be fair.

Read more by NI PhD Student Riasad Amin 👉http://go.cdu.edu.au/frvq

#CDUResearch #EnergyEquity

City staff: ACEEE technical assistance awarded for renter energy-equity work; Sustain Evanston program launches with grants for covered buildings City staff told the Healthy Buildings Accountability Board it received ACEEE technical assistance for an "Energy Equity for Renters" project (Connections for the Homeless to receive $10,000), announced the Sustain Evanston program launch with roughly $250,000–$300,000 in funding for building upgrades, and described a new city website portal for Healthy Buildings materials.

Evanston is making strides in energy equity for renters and launching a major funding program for building upgrades—are you ready to be part of this change?

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#EvanstonCookCounty #IL #CitizenPortal #EnergyEquity #CommunitySupport

⚡ Ontario Electricity Support Program (OESP)
Provides a monthly credit on electricity bills for low-income households, helping make energy more affordable year-round.
👉 ontarioelectricitysupport.ca
#EnergyAffordability #EnergyEquity

First Nations Host Wide Range of Energy Transition Projects From transmission lines, critical minerals, and solar projects to wind turbines, battery energy storage systems and green hydrogen, First Nations across Canada are building serious equity in the count...

First Nations across Canada are building serious equity in the country’s energy transition: transmission lines, critical minerals, solar projects, wind turbines, battery energy storage systems, and green hydrogen projects. #energy #energyequity #Indigenousenergy #reconciliation

What’s happening in Hamilton?

Many residents live in aging, poorly insulated homes that lose heat easily. Natural Resources Canada estimates homes can lose 20–30% of heat in winter, adding up to $1,000 a year in extra heating costs.

#HamOnt #EnergyEquity

The pricing review: Electricity pricing for a consumer-driven future On 25 July 2024, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) self-initiated a broad, forward-looking review (The Pricing Review) to address the important role that electricity pricing, products, an...

🚨 LAST CHANCE TODAY! Submissions close on unfair energy tariff changes that could cost solar & battery households $400-700/year MORE. Low-income families hit hardest. Have your say before it's too late! ⚡💰 #EnergyEquity #SolarPower #AEMC #auspol www.aemc.gov.au/market-revie...

Commissioners defer Data-Center dividend policy while administration reviews details A District 6 resolution proposing a fiscal policy to direct future data-center tax revenues toward local energy, housing and workforce supports was introduced and deferred for administrative and legal review; commissioners estimated a large property value and projected revenues but asked staff to return with particulars.

A new resolution could channel millions from data centers into community programs, but will it pass the scrutiny of county administration?

Get the details

#DeKalbCounty #GA #CitizenPortal #FiscalPolicy #DeKalbCountyCommunity #EnergyEquity #WorkforceSupports

Committee reviews Vermont Energy Equity Law to limit utility disconnections and add PUC metrics Sponsor Maria Royal walked the committee through the Vermont Energy Equity Law, which would expand protections against involuntary residential service disconnections (including during extreme-heat periods), extend physician-certification protections, and require utilities to include plans and metrics to minimize disconnections.

Maria Royal is championing the Vermont Energy Equity Law to protect vulnerable households from devastating utility disconnections during extreme heat and beyond.

Learn more here!

#VT #UtilityProtections #CitizenPortal #ConsumerAwareness #EnergyEquity #VermontEnergy

🌀 Justice, transparency, and resilience collide ⚡ From Luigi Mangione’s court battles to the DOJ’s Epstein release, Mat-Su energy fights, and Lindsey Vonn’s comeback ❄️. See it all → tinyurl.com/2td8p9uc #AlaskaNow #EnergyEquity #Olympics #Epstein #LuigiMangione #LindseyVonn #News #AlaskaToday

Commission brainstorms priorities for 2026–2030 sustainability plan: composting, energy equity and preapproved housing plans Commissioners reviewed the sustainability plan update and brainstormed priorities including citywide composting options, multifamily recycling, expanding energy-grant eligibility (renters, mobile homes), battery-storage education, and preapproved low-emission small-home plans to speed housing production.

Englewood's Sustainability Commission is reimagining the future with bold plans for composting, energy equity, and innovative housing solutions!

Learn more here

#EnglewoodCityArapahoeCounty #CO #EnergyEquity #WasteManagement #EnglewoodSustainability #HousingInnovation #CitizenPortal

What the sale of Minnesota Power means for residents We look at the sale of Minnesota Power and what it means for State residents. Then, why Minnesota is reducing the number of Medicaid providers. And, the Iron Range mourns the loss of a longtime educator and workforce leader.

💡 Who benefits when a private equity firm buys a public utility?

Listen to CURE's Hudson Kingston discuss Minnesota Power's sale.
🎧 https://exchange.prx.org/pieces/593138?m=false

#RuralJustice #EnergyEquity #PublicPower #NoToPrivateEquity #NorthStarStories #CUREmn

'Not fast enough': Climate advocates want quicker adoption of electric heating rules in Maryland - Maryland Matters A group of Maryland environmental advocates is pushing the state to hasten its development of rules that would bolster electric heating systems inside homes, including heat pumps.

💨 “Not fast enough.” Climate & health advocates say MD must speed up its Clean Heat plan — replacing fossil-fuel furnaces w/ electric heat pumps.

Fossil heating costs $1.3B in health impacts yearly. Lives are at stake.

🔗 marylandmatters.org/2025/10/17/c...

#Maryland #EnergyEquity #ClimateAction

Report finds AL missing out on solar jobs, revenue Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…

☀️ Alabama trails neighbors in solar growth, missing out on $1B+ in jobs, pay, and tax revenue.

@energyalabama.bsky.social urges policy reform to boost access and attract clean energy investment.

#SolarJobs #CleanEnergy #ALnews #EnergyEquity #TVA #AlabamaPower #ClimatePolicy

ND regulators consider 19% utility rate hike Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…

Xcel Energy is proposing a 19% rate hike for nearly 100K electricity customers in North Dakota.

Public hearings are today at noon and 6 p.m. via the Public Service Commission. AARP urges residents to speak up.

#UtilityRates #NorthDakotaEnergy #EnergyEquity #ConsumerCosts
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We recently launched an #energyequity campaign within @edrc-uk.bsky.social - see below for the launch webinar link. Key messages focus on the benefits that #energyjustice brings, and the need for inclusive #energytransition framings. #energysky

Affordable Access: Costs keep dropping. Solar energy is becoming a global equalizer, powering communities that were previously off-grid. 🌍 #EnergyEquity #CleanEnergyFuture

SUN Advocates for Energy Equity in Maryland's VPP Program Proposals SUN calls for improved equity measures in Maryland's virtual power plant pilot programs.

Maryland's energy future hangs in the balance as advocates push for equitable access in the face of utility proposals that could widen the gap for low-income households.

Learn more here

#MD #CustomerAccess #CitizenPortal #MarylandEnergy #EnergyEquity #SustainablePower

🌱🏠 We are pushing forward at the Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board to make Lawrence a more affordable and sustainable city.

Read in the Lawrence Times: lawrencekstimes.com

#LawrenceKS #EnergyEquity #EnergyJustice #LocalGovernment #ClimateAction #PublicPolicy #HousingAffordability

Miss the WRI webinar on how local orgs are leading solar equity?

📺 Watch the full recording here: www.wri.org/events/2025/...

#EnergyEquity #SolarForAll #CBOs #JustTransition

🌱 Exciting news! I’m a 2025 CEED Program Ambassador!

The Yale Clean & Equitable Energy Development program gave me a deep understanding of energy justice and developing equitable clean energy projects.

Ask me about my CEED experience if interested!

#CleanEnergy #EnergyEquity #Yale

Figure 10.1. from the chapter on Hidden Energy Users, showing the main typologies and how they become more hidden and fall into greater hardship the more compounding and intersecting vulnerabilities they have

Stoked that I just handed in my chapter on "Hidden #Energy Users - Who they are, where they are, why they are hidden & who knows them" for Prof Mari Maiskanen's Handbook on #EnergyEquity. If we are truly interested in achieving a "just & fair energy transition", these groups need to be our priority.

What Energy Equity Means and Why It Matters Discover how PosiGen is championing energy equity by making solar power accessible and affordable.

🌞 Energy equity = access + empowerment.

Great blog from CHESSA member PosiGen Solar on what it really means to ensure all communities benefit from solar—not just afford it, but have a voice in it.

📖 bit.ly/3U9iP5q
#EnergyEquity #SolarForAll #CHESSAMembers #CleanEnergy

EPA attempts to terminate $7 billion of Solar for All grants Continuing on its warpath against solar power, the EPA is preparing to send termination letters to Solar for All grant recipients this week, according to

🚨 The EPA’s move to revoke $7B in Solar for All grants could undermine access to clean energy in underserved communities.

Hard to see this as anything but a step backward.

📰 Read more via Solar Power World:
🔗https://buff.ly/IuQ9Me4

#SolarForAll #CleanEnergy #EnergyEquity #SolarPolicy

We’re honored to welcome Chandra Farley to the 2025 Green The Church National Summit in Atlanta!

October 12–14, 2025
Loudermilk Conference Center | Atlanta, GA

#GreenTheChurch2025 #SouthToPower #ChandraFarley #EnergyEquity #ClimateJustice #FaithAndPower

LWV Georgia + LWV Alabama are launching a new quarterly virtual series for bold conversations across the Deep South.

🗓️ August 19, 2025 | 🕖 7 PM ET
💻 Virtual | 🎟️ Free with RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#GoodTroubleTuesdays #PSCWatch #EnvironmentalJustice #LWVGA #LWVAL #EnergyEquity

Local leadership in action: BayREN’s role in statewide climate conversations The Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN) participated in three conferences earlier this month focused on advancing local climate and energy solutions.

BayREN joined 3 major conferences to highlight the vital role of Regional Energy Networks in local climate action, equity, job creation, and clean energy. Local leadership is driving change statewide.

blog.bayareametro.gov/posts/local-...

#LocalClimateAction #CleanEnergyFuture #EnergyEquity

California CPUC Focuses on Equity in Ratepayer Funding for Social Programs CPUC evaluates equity of using ratepayer funds versus taxpayer money for social programs.

California's Little Hoover Commission is tackling the tough questions: Are ratepayers unfairly burdened by social programs, and is it time to shift funding to taxpayers for a fairer energy future?

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#CA #PublicPolicy #CitizenPortal #CostTransparency #EnergyEquity

Sounds like the #CycleofPoverty to me.

🐷 We've been working on testimony for the upcoming DTE rate case in Michigan and this is just one of many interesting tidbits we've learned. Stay tuned for more...

#EnergyEquity #Unaffordability

USDA abruptly cancels rural energy grant application window It’s the latest setback for the longstanding REAP program, casting uncertainty over the future of a resource that helps farmers save on energy and install…

🚨 USDA abruptly canceled REAP grants—jeopardizing clean energy, farm resilience & jobs in rural MN. CD7 & CD1 led the nation in awards. Now projects are stalled, communities left behind. Rural MN deserves better. 🌱⚡️

#DefendRural #EnergyEquity #REAP #USDA

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