Everyone deserves access to clean and affordable energy for powering homes, businesses, and transportation.

Inclusive utility investments can overcome the upfront costs of clean energy upgrades to create jobs, cut pollution, and lower energy bills for everyone.

Pathway to smart utilities

Utilities are ready for 100% clean energy. Clean Energy Works brings highly technical expertise that utilities, policymakers, and advocates need to get inclusive utility investments up and running for every community. We offer technical assistance, research, and coaching for utilities and energy providers interested in scaling up their investments in the clean energy economy. 

 

Pathway to equitable solutions

100% means everyone. Clean Energy Works partners with policymakers and community advocates to advance equitable clean energy solutions that work for everyone. We educate, provide technical assistance, and build relationships with local organizing networks to ensure that everyone can participate and benefit in the new energy economy.  

 

Pathway to smart utilities

Utilities are ready for 100% clean energy. Clean Energy Works brings highly technical expertise that utilities, policymakers, and advocates need to get inclusive utility investments up and running for every community. We offer technical assistance, research, and coaching for utilities and energy providers interested in scaling up their investments in the clean energy economy. 

 

Pathway to equitable solutions

100% means everyone. Clean Energy Works partners with policymakers and community advocates to advance equitable clean energy solutions that work for everyone. We educate, provide technical assistance, and build relationships with local organizing networks to ensure that everyone can participate and benefit in the new energy economy.  

 

More than a dozen utilities have demonstrated that a solution that clears the upfront cost barrier to clean energy upgrades for anyone is better for everyone.

Utilities have access to the capital needed to make these upgrades at scale, so that everyone–regardless of income, credit history, home ownership–can access the benefits of clean energy and benefit from lower monthly bills even in areas recognized for persistent poverty. Clean Energy Works brings highly technical expertise that utilities, policymakers, and advocates need to get inclusive utility investments up and running for every community.

Equity

An Equity Framework for School Bus Electrification

The Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA)  and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) have created a once-in-a-generation opportunity to electrify school buses. Utilities are rising to meet this historic moment by facilitating and accelerating the transition to zero emission school buses. Today, Exelon, the largest parent utility company in the United States …

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News

Honoring Stephen Bickel

On November 1st, Stephen Bickel, passed away due to injuries sustained in a biking accident. We are grieving the sudden loss of our colleague and dear friend. Stephen’s significant contributions in the last half decade changed our field. After an influential career managing standards for energy efficient products, Stephen decided that the race against a changing …

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Electric School Buses

Utility Make-Ready Programs Can Help the Electric School Bus Transition

School bus electrification is vitally important for kids' health but is cost prohibitive for many school districts due to the high upfront cost of electric school buses. Utilities can help school districts electrify their fleets through Make-Ready] programs which aim to make electric bus charging infrastructure more affordable. Clean Energy Works partnered with WRI…

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News

More Inclusive Utility Investment Programs are Coming

We’re delighted to share big news from our friends in North Carolina!After nearly two years of stakeholder engagement between inclusive utility investment champions in North Carolina and Duke Energy, the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) has given final approval to Duke Energy’s inclusive utility investment tariff for residential energy efficiency upgr…

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