Energy Democracy & Empowerment

We need to reorganize the energy system to empower communities: What does that look like? How do we create benefits and support for communities, open up space for them to imagine and contribute to debates about energy futures, and find ways to diversify ownership of energy? How can we scale it nationally?

Meet the Panel: Clark Miller, Moderator, Professor and Director of the Center for Energy & Society, College of Global Futures, Arizona State University Chéri Smith, Founder & CEO, Indigenized Energy Initiative (formerly Covenant Tribal Solar Initiative) Emily Schapira, Board Member, President & CEO, Philadelphia Energy Authority Cecilio Ortiz-Garcia, Chair, Department of Public Affairs & Security Studies, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley