Energy Justice Lab

Sign up now to hear our lab manager (Alison Knasin, Ph.D.) give a presentation, along with Rozina Kanchwala (Executive Director of Eco.Logic Programs) at this free KidWind Project, Inc. Spark Session on Energy Justice happening TONIGHT at 7 PM ET!

Indiana-based customers who have been disconnected and/or reconnected from their utility service might be subjected to fees upon disconnection/reconnection. Find more information on the Utilities Disconnection Dashboard. For details on how to locate these policy facts, please watch our demonstration videos:  https://lnkd.in/enNxH2_E

Check out the Lab's most recent infographic, focusing on heat, utility disconnections, and utility disconnection protections. Find this infographic, the associated facts of the week, and more on our website, under "Our Work." https://lnkd.in/ePyEBZMq

Did you miss yesterday's webinar, Protecting IN Customers from Utility Shut-Offs? Did you want to watch it again? You're in luck! Check out the recording of the webinar - posted here: https://lnkd.in/eYqssAvm

FACT OF THE WEEK: IN customers are protected from utility disconnections between December 1 and March 15, but only if they are receiving or are eligible and have applied to assistance programs. Find more information about these programs and other policies on the Utility Disconnections Dashboard. For details on how to navigate the Dashboard map viewer, please watch our demonstration videos (https://lnkd.in/enNxH2_E).

Come learn how Indiana residents are protected from utility disconnections! David Konisky will moderate a discussion between Denise Abdul-Rahman (Black Sun Light Sustainability), Kerwin Olson (Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana), and Zia Saylor (Indiana Community Action Poverty Institute). Register here: https://lnkd.in/es7k53EN

Don't forget to register for our upcoming webinar, which is ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!

FACT OF THE WEEK: Indiana mandates utility disconnections to be delayed up to 10 days if disconnection would be a serious/immediate threat to the health/safety of people in a household. This protective delay can be renewed one time. Check out this disconnection protection and others for IN residents on our Dashboard! For details on how to navigate the Dashboard policy map viewer, please watch our demonstration videos.

FACT OF THE WEEK: Although Indiana provides protections from utility disconnections during the winter months, to those who are receiving/eligible for assistance programs, no similar protection exists for the summer months. Learn more by visiting the Utility Disconnections Dashboard! For details on how to locate these policy facts, please watch our demonstration videos!

When it comes to the energy transition, Sanya Carley, Director of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, knows that engaging communities is crucial for success. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently funded this assertion by investing nearly ten million dollars in community-focused research specifically geared toward the siting of large-scale solar facilities. Carley’s was among four DOE funded projects, garnering $2.5 million to explore how siting practices shape support across different types of communities.    But the siting of energy infrastructure is more difficult than it has ever been. Distrust and local opposition are two community forces that can doom projects before they start. In some situations, projects get pushed through without meaningful input from and engagement with the community—often resulting in more costs than benefits and energy infrastructure that is a burden to host.    This is where Carley, principal investigator of this project, and her research team come in. With surveys, interviews, media narrative monitoring, and field work, they will follow 24 proposed solar projects across the country and over time, gathering the perspectives of three different segments: disadvantaged communities, historic fossil fuel communities, and communities without these distinctions.    Keep reading about this important project here.    #solar #renewables #energy #solarenergy #renewableenergy #cleanenergy #solarpower #GETSolar    https://lnkd.in/d_NUeFqf