Working Capital

How well is your community using energy and shaping energy decisions to meet your community’s needs?

Communities thrive when they activate healthy returns on their resources.  How well your community taps into energy as a source of working capital may be a story waiting to be told.

California schools spend nearly equal amounts on books and energy every year – about 3% of their budgets.  Sound energy management practices can generate working capital in the form of energy savings that can then be used to educate our students.

California cities and counties collectively expend billions annually on energy.  Reducing these costs by even a fraction through energy efficiency improvements and practices, creates working capital for tangible public benefit.

Energy expenditures by California businesses exceed $15 billion annually, cutting significantly into profitability.  Businesses practicing sound energy management effectively outperform competitors by as much as 10%. Effective energy management practices translate to a healthier bottom line.

If your energy community is just beginning, or you have an energy idea that needs activating, collaborate with The Energy Coalition.  Our energy architects will tap its network of energy partners, connect local values and resources, and link you with The Energy Coalition’s store of energy experts from multiple energy sectors.  As partners, we’ll together generate working capital for your community – and help you create an energy story that only your community can tell.

Contact us or share your own energy story and inspire others to create accountable energy communities.

This may sound too good to be true, but the U.S. has a renewable-energy resource that is perfectly clean, remarkably cheap, surprisingly abundant and immediately available…It doesn’t pollute; it doesn’t depend on the weather;it doesn’t accelerate deforestation or inflate flood price; it doesn’t raise uncomfortable questions about meltdowns or terrorist attacks or radioactive waste storage; and it doesn’t take a decade to build…It’s already proven to be workable, scalable and cost-effective. And we don’t need to import it. This miracle juice goes by the distinctly boring name of energy efficiency.

- Michael Grunewald, Wasting Our Watts, Time Magazine Jan 2009