Campaigns and Programs
Advance Community Solutions: Resilience HubS
Campaign Description: This campaign will build the people’s power and engagement to advance and secure a transformation of Alameda & San Joaquin County communities through the development of resilience hubs for the most impacted residents through developing solar & battery storage + other non-energy resilience needs such as grant funding.
Ava Community Energy Description: is a community choice energy agency model that enables democratic participation. This agency is the decision-making body and is financially responsible for taking action to resource resilience hubs.
Goal: Secure majority board support and action to advance resilience hubs in pollution-burdened areas in trusted community spaces throughout the Ava Community Energy service territory of Alameda & San Joaquin County.
Clean Power to the People Workshops & Gatherings
Program Description: The Clean Power to the People Workshop Series educates and informs community organizations and leaders on relevant energy justice and democracy topics. It is an opportunity to encourage and foster relationship-building between frontline community organizations that have yet to be activated in energy democracy. This program also connects local work with statewide and national work. Workshops can be in person or virtual.
Program Incentives: The incentive for community organizations and community leaders to participate is to provide community members with language and layfriendly information about clean energy solutions that provide community benefits. This is an opportunity to put democracy in action, vocalize actions and advocate for policies that reduce pollution build energy and climate resilience.
Gatherings and Convenings: We value the power of collective gathering and networking and strategizing, bringing advocates together. The Clean Power and Healthy Communities conference brought an intersection of hundreds of local leaders together to advocate for energy democracy to bring Clean Power to the People.
Defending Energy Democracy
The political fight for Energy Democracy is intense and fierce. Private energy corporations spend millions to maintain political power in frontline communities. Despite these challenges, LCEA is able to mobilize community power to intervene against policies that harm frontline communities. This is a key tactic that is made possible from LCEA’s commitment to building and fostering alliances and coalitions.