Big Idea: Electricity Equity
POWER IS A BASIC NEED
Our dream is clean, reliable, affordable energy for all.
POWER IS A BASIC NEED
Our dream is clean, reliable, affordable energy for all.
- Devastating electrical outages are commonplace throughout the US following the ever increasing number of severe storms, hurricanes, wildfires, and other disasters.
- Chronically underfunded utility grids, reliance on fossil fuel fired power plants, and increasing temperatures lead to regular "brown outs."
- Without electricity, critical community services can't be provided. This is especially problematic for those seeking immediate or requiring ongoing medical care - life-saving refrigerated medicines go bad, electronic health records are inaccessible, essential medical equipment becomes useless, and vital community health facilities are unable to serve their patients.
- Lack of reliable power has direct health consequences for all individuals and families, but especially for people living in vulnerable communities.
+ By providing energy efficiency audits, educating health centers about their energy options, supporting clean energy workforce development, designing bespoke power solutions based on site-specific needs, offering low-cost funding only available to non-profit heath centers, and installing solar + storage systems with trusted partners to increase quality and project efficiency, we can ensure critical facilities have the power to operate during grid outages.
+ Not only does this enable equitable health care during natural disasters and planned outages, but solar + storage also reduces our reliance on the grid and the fossil fuels required to run generators.
+ Solar + storage also prevents outage-caused financial loss for health centers and drastically reduces their energy costs long term, allowing them to allocate the savings to serving their communities.
Collective Energy provides tailored information about solar + storage microgrids and how they can provide benefits to facilities and communities. We are also a resource for foundations and investors looking to make a positive impact in the health equity and environmental sectors.
Collective Energy designs custom solar + storage solutions that cater to health center needs and provide site specific benefits. We then usher each center through the installation, permitting, and commissioning process using pre-approved partners to assure a smooth project and long-term reliability.
Collective Energy helps health centers access various project funding streams: grants, loans, 3rd party financing, impact funds, green funds, and state and federal credits. This blended financial approach is advantageous, but was not previously available in the non-profit health care industry.
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