Our energy system is broken, and investor-owned monopoly utilities don’t want us to fix it. In fact, they’re entrenching our dependence on toxic and volatile fossil fuels, sending us further toward complete climate catastrophe. And communities — disproportionately those of color and lower wealth — are left to bear the costs, from skyrocketing utility prices and more frequent shutoffs to hazardous pollution and higher rates of asthma and cancer. On top of all that, intensifying climate disasters leave millions without essential utilities.
Clearly, to solve this crisis we must immediately transition to renewable energy. But that’s not enough on its own. The profit-driven utility model is incompatible with a resilient, affordable, just energy future. So activists, communities and organizations across the country are reclaiming their power — of all kinds — to move beyond that model with community-controlled renewable energy systems.
Want to help? Join our webinar.
We’ll discuss the groundbreaking work to break free from the harmful old utility model and what it will take to transition to the renewable energy future we all need and deserve.
Panelists:
- Johanna Bozuwa, executive director at Climate and Community Project
- Arturo Massol-Deyá, executive director at Casa Pueblo
- Patrick Robbins, coordinator at New York Energy Democracy Alliance
- Seth Berry, former Maine House representative