ZOOM LINK: https://umich.zoom.us/j/92986815452

Meeting ID: 929 8681 5452

One tap mobile

+13126266799,,92986815452# US (Chicago)

+16468769923,,92986815452# US (New York)

The Urban Energy Justice Lab at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) is pleased to announce the launch of the Energy Equity Project (EEP). The EEP will create a standardized approach to collecting and tracking data to improve equity in clean energy programs. The Equity Measurement Framework will be the first of its kind to assess equity in clean energy policies, programs, and investments, including how easy it is to access clean energy services in BIPOC and frontline communities that are burdened by disproportionately high energy costs and pollution. We aim to drive higher levels of benefits from clean energy to BIPOC and frontline communities, including lower energy bills, cleaner air, green jobs, resilience to climate impacts and power outages, and ownership of renewable energy systems and electric vehicles. EEP dovetails with the administration’s Justice40 Initiative, which pledges to deliver 40 percent of climate investment benefits, including weatherization, retrofits, and renewable energy, to disadvantaged communities.

We are reaching out to engaged citizens, regulators, philanthropists, and those in the utility sector to attend either of the two webinars introducing the project. Throughout the summer we will convene a series of stakeholder listening sessions (stipends available) focused on hearing from those historically burdened by fossil fuels and excluded from the benefits of clean energy and climate action.