Money Matters
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![28 Empowered Subscriptions Are Available Now!]()
28 Empowered Subscriptions Are Available Now!
COVID-19 is hitting the pocketbooks of DC residents hard and some of us are being forced to choose between food, utilities and rent. We want to help make that choice easier. We’re reaching out to inform DC renters and homeowners that if you receive benefits through SNAP, TANF, Section 8 or SSI you are automatically qualified to cut your utility bill in half through a Groundswell Community Solar Project. This means you could begin reducing your utility bill now, so you can use your money for immediate needs during this crisis. If you don’t use SNAP, TANF or SSI, that's ok - you can still qualify for this program based on household income and other qualifications.
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![How to Find Your Community Solar Credits on Your Pepco Bill]()
How to Find Your Community Solar Credits on Your Pepco Bill
Your monthly Pepco bill has a lot of useful information on it, but it can be difficult to understand. We are here to help.
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![LIFT Needs Your Data!]()
LIFT Needs Your Data!
Calls for Shared Data to Benefit LMI Families
The LIFT collaborative research project, led by Groundswell, is asking for clean energy program data (efficiency and/or solar programming) from stakeholders nationwide to support its research. LIFT’s analyses will benefit low- and moderate-income (LMI) families by informing the creation of a ‘tool kit’ of optimal clean energy program and financing designs to serve LMI families with fairly priced, unsubsidized access to solar energy.
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![O-Zones for Clean Energy]()
O-Zones for Clean Energy
With over 30 years of experience supporting teams, advising projects, and writing reports on urban sustainability; Julia Parzen is a thought leader in the field. Julia wrote for Groundswell about various Opportunity Zone initiatives that are bringing affordable solar energy to economically diverse communities across the country. We’re excited to share Julia’s comprehensive research on a few of the numerous economic incentives available to help inform the urban sustainability field nationally, and connect solar project developers looking to offer similar programs with the resources to do so.
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![Groundswell named the winner of the Bronze Stevie® Award]()
Groundswell named the winner of the Bronze Stevie® Award
Groundswell was recently named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Energy Industry Innovation of the Year category in The 17th Annual American Business Awards®. The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.'s premier business awards program.
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![Whiter Teeth, Cleaner Energy: The DC Dentist Makes the Switch to Wind]()
Whiter Teeth, Cleaner Energy: The DC Dentist Makes the Switch to Wind
The D.C. Dentist turned to Groundswell to help them switch to 100% wind power, and saved 7% on their energy bill as a result – proceeds the office is free to return to their patients in the f
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![A New Day in Baltimore: From Solar Power to Economic Empowerment]()
A New Day in Baltimore: From Solar Power to Economic Empowerment
The Empowerment Temple is a renowned community anchor that serves both as a place of worship and a force for local economic development. Under the vision of Pastor Jamal Bryant, The Economic
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![With 100% Wind Power, Mount Rainier Cuts Energy Bill 10%]()
With 100% Wind Power, Mount Rainier Cuts Energy Bill 10%
A longtime sustainability leader, Maryland's Mount Rainier turns to wind power as much for its business benefits as its climate ones.
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![Creative Power: An Arkansas Electric Cooperative Changes the Game]()
Creative Power: An Arkansas Electric Cooperative Changes the Game
The Ouachita Electric Cooperative designed a new tariff structure that is a template for any utility that wants to save their customers money through energy efficiency upgrades, without incur
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![A Warrior for Black-Owned Businesses: Anthony W. Robinson]()
A Warrior for Black-Owned Businesses: Anthony W. Robinson
Whether in his Baltimore community or before the U.S Supreme Court, Anthony W. Robinson is on the front lines of the second wave of the civil rights movement: economic development.
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![Report: Ward 7 and 8 Residents Bear DC’s Highest Energy Bills with Fewest Resources]()
Report: Ward 7 and 8 Residents Bear DC’s Highest Energy Bills with Fewest Resources
Community solar projects can provide fair access to affordable energy East of the River
Residents of Wards 7 and 8 in the District pay the highest energy costs per square foot in the city even though they are least able to afford it, a white paper by energy equity non-profit Gro
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![Letter from the CEO: What Does Energy Insecurity Mean for Women?]()
Letter from the CEO: What Does Energy Insecurity Mean for Women?
In honor of #EqualPayDay, let’s consider what paying 10% of your total income for electricity means when you’re already paid less.
