Tsunami of Shutoffs
Our analysis of the 2024 first comprehensive shutoff survey in the US.
Mission
The mission of EEP is to ensure BIPOC, lower-income and frontline environmental justice communities have the power to determine their energy futures and secure an equitable share of benefits from the clean energy transition.
Vision
Our vision is a world in which there are no energy shutoffs and all people have community-controlled, affordable, reliable, clean energy.
What is Energy Equity?
Energy equity recognizes the historical and cumulative burdens of energy system borne by frontline and low income communities. To eliminate these disparities, energy equity centers the voices of frontline communities in energy planning and decision making and ensures the fair distribution of clean energy benefits and ownership.
Energy Equity Project Updates
Our Latest News
- Ann Arbor City Council: If you won’t support public power, then at least get out of the wayWhile this post focuses on a local election (for me), it has repercussions for the future of public power and how local leaders respond to public calls for energy democracy. Ann Arbor City Council presented a blueprint for bad actingContinue reading “Ann Arbor City Council: If you won’t support public power, then at least get out of the way”
- What’s scarier than a horror movie?In 2024, Americans faced 15 million utility shutoffs. Here’s why partial protections aren’t enough—and how we can end utility shutoffs for good.
- Ending Shutoffs is an Uphill Climb – who knows more about that than Coloradans?When we talk about abolishing shutoffs, full stop, some people look at us in complete disbelief. But we believe a world without shutoffs is possible, and we just need one place to show us how – why not Colorado? PedalContinue reading “Ending Shutoffs is an Uphill Climb – who knows more about that than Coloradans?”
- From Fame to Shame….And Back Again? The Unfolding Story of PUC Commissioners and Utility ShutoffsAmerica’s 200 supreme court justices of the energy system–also known as Public Utilities Commissioners–were once the authors of swift, lifesaving action to protect uninterrupted access to energy. At the start of Covid, the majority of these commissioners banned utility shutoffs.Continue reading “From Fame to Shame….And Back Again? The Unfolding Story of PUC Commissioners and Utility Shutoffs”
- Solidarity Once, Utility Accountability ForeverAmericans owe monopoly energy companies upwards of $25 billion. What if we could pull off a massive mutual aid movement to pay off this debt in exchange for a just, resilient energy grid that serves us all? Where are weContinue reading “Solidarity Once, Utility Accountability Forever”
- Independence Re-envisioned250 years after 56 men representing the original 13 colonies added their names to Jefferson’s declaration, we need a declaration of independence from an utility system that is fundamentally failing too many of us. And a utility system that failsContinue reading “Independence Re-envisioned”
Energy Equity Project is fiscally sponsored by Tides Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your gift may be tax deductible pursuant to §170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. Please visit http://www.tides.org/state-nonprofit-disclosures/ for additional information.
EEP partners with more than 20 frontline organizations representing 14 states, and several state and federal agencies.
Funded by:
The Energy Equity Project
Newsletter
Subscribe to the Energy Equity Project newsletter