The Missing Piece of the Climate Movement: A Panel on Public Power

We Power DC
District of Columbia
04/21/2026 at 06:00PM

Join We Power DC, the Energy Democracy Coalition (EDCO), and author Sandeep Vaheesan (Democracy in Power) for a deep dive into the history and future of public power. Learn how movements across the country and in the nation’s capital are reshaping America’s electric grid!

​We Power DC is a grassroots coalition of residents and organizations dedicated to replacing DC’s corporate utility monopoly with a publicly owned, democratically controlled electric grid that prioritizes affordability and decarbonization. To learn more, visit: WePowerDC.org

​The Energy Democracy Coalition (EDCO) is a nonprofit building a movement for an affordable, accountable, and sustainable electric grid through public education, media, and strategic advocacy campaigns. Their primary focus is developing Shock the Grid, a groundbreaking documentary about the century-long struggle for control of the American electric grid, using history as a lens to explore the most profound question facing humanity: how will we wield our tremendous power? To learn more, visit: EnergyDemocracyCoalition.org

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