An accountable energy community actively engages its members in managing energy resources wisely for shared benefit.
Whether you are a school, business or government community, you can implement accountable energy practices that reduce energy use and save dollars while building knowledge and engaging the community to achieve enduring benefits.
Accountable energy practices span a full range of smart, integrated resource actions – such as implementing energy efficiency measures, collectively reducing energy use at times of peak demand, creating renewable energy generation, using alternative fuel cars, conserving water, reducing waste, adopting smart energy policies, and engaging and educating community members.
An accountable energy community results in an overall better quality of life. It reaps tangible benefits today and for future generations, and it is a great story for your community to tell.
Sometimes the seeds of an accountable energy community take root in a school energy program. It may flower in the shared benefits of a community energy partnership, or the collective action of businesses working together to reduce energy load.
Whatever its impetus, the shared benefits of an accountable energy community are many:
The Energy Coalition partners with governments, schools, businesses and utility companies to shape accountable energy communities, activating energy policies and practices that create jobs, save money, improve personal health and enhance the quality of life.
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TEC shapes energy solutions, big and small. If you have an energy idea looking for a partner, an energy plan that needs constructing or are a community who wants to be energy accountable, contact us.
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