Full Title: Community Outreach and Solar Equity: A Guide for States on Collaborating with Community-Based Organizations
Author(s): Abbe Ramanan, Shauna Beland, Yasmin Yacoby, Nicole Hernandez Hammer
Publisher(s): Clean Energy States Alliance
Publication Date: February 17, 2021
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Description (excerpt):
This guide is aimed at state energy agencies that are looking to strengthen their relationships with local under-resourced communities or are beginning to engage in energy justice work. The guide is a collection of best practices, ideas, and principles that provide states a foundation for building equitable relationships with community-based organizations (CBOs) and for working with them on solar development.
Partnerships between state energy agencies and CBOs are a key component of advancing energy justice. Solar development in under-resourced communities will be most effective and equitable when trusted community organizations are involved. Community engagement can lead to innovative, equitable, and inclusive solar projects by connecting the concerns of communities to the decisions that allocate public funds.