The Energy Coalition is making connections around the globe! Last month, Executive Director Craig Perkins, Director of Energy Innovation Genaro Bugarin, and Director of Policy and Planning Marc Costa met with representatives from Distro Energy and TSI Group at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. At the meeting, they discussed grid reliability, electrification, and […]
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Welcome to the debut issue of TEC’s quarterly impact update, where we’ll share news on the events and innovative projects that we’re excited about. Let’s dive in! Energy Project Milestones The Inland Regional Energy Network’s (I-REN) public sector programs are ramping up! TEC staff have been touring across Riverside and San Bernardino Counties to […]
The Energy Coalition is proud to announce the hiring of Felicia Federico as our new Director of Funding and Research. Felicia comes to The Energy Coalition with over 30 years of experience managing multi-disciplinary science and engineering projects and grants. Her expertise is focused on energy, water, environmental justice, and ecosystem protection research. She most […]
Southern California’s inland area boasts a distinct regional identity and robust local culture. Unfortunately, the region is also experiencing increased impacts from climate change. That’s why the region is taking its energy future into its own hands and establishing a regional energy network. The Inland Regional Energy Network, or I-REN, will provide programs and services […]
The Energy Coalition believes in the power of local communities to create a clean energy future. That’s why we are proud to share that San Diego Community Power (SDCP), a community choice electricity provider in the San Diego area, has selected us to support their latest energy initiative. San Diego Community Power is deepening their […]
Energy is Everything is TEC’s flagship education program, designed to inspire students of all kinds to make sustainability a part of their everyday lives. In 2022, Energy is Everything connected with 7,732 underserved schools across every part of California. We exceeded our annual participation goal; over 450 educators joined in and shared our programs with […]
Did you know The Energy Coalition (TEC) can guide your public agency from identifying funding sources, to drafting proposals and applications, to implementing programs and projects, making it simple to build a clean, safe, and resilient energy future? For almost fifty years, TEC has been deeply immersed in the complex and ever-changing energy landscape, helping […]
The Central Coast Leaders in Energy Action Program, or CC-LEAP for short, is a resource hub for public agencies looking to save money and energy through energy retrofit projects. TEC is proud to implement this program for ten enrolled agencies on behalf of Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Recently, PG&E published a case study highlighting […]
For the second year in a row, The Energy Coalition has been awarded a Top Workplaces honor by the Orange County Register Top Workplaces! This award is particularly meaningful to TEC because it is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey. The anonymous survey measures 15 culture drivers that are critical to […]
They say you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. In terms of today’s transportation, perhaps the saying should be updated to “you can install electric vehicle infrastructure, but you can’t make them charge.” That’s why TEC is expanding our Energy is Everything education programming with new electric vehicle content. […]
California’s grid is at a crossroads (no pun intended!) when it comes to electric vehicles: charging up California’s EVs could become a strain on our power grid, or all the battery storage offered by EVs could become a huge opportunity. If the power stored in California’s electric vehicles could be fed back into the grid […]
The Energy Coalition has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2021 honor by the Orange County Register Top Workplaces! This award is particularly meaningful to TEC because the list is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey. The anonymous survey measures 15 culture drivers that are critical to the success of any organization, […]
The Energy Coalition, Green Commuter, the City of South El Monte, and ActiveSGV have received one of only 24 vouchers from the Clean Mobility Options Voucher Pilot Program (CMO) to install eight Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) chargers, launch an electric vehicle carsharing program in South El Monte, and conduct community outreach to spread the […]
TEC was recently awarded a 4-year, $3-million dollar contract for the competitive Statewide Workforce Education & Training (WE&T) Career Connections (CC) Program. TEC is thrilled for the opportunity to advance environmental knowledge, skills, and abilities for under-resourced TK-12 students and build equitable pathways to high-demand energy jobs for students across California. Administered through Pacific Gas […]
Not only do Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities have to contend with environmental racism that makes their communities disproportionately polluted, they also face challenges securing careers in the mostly white clean energy industry. Green jobs give youth an opportunity for economic growth and personal fulfillment. That’s why TEC is proud to announce […]
During the Great Depression, the United States created a Civilian Conservation Corps program to conserve natural resources and provide meaningful jobs for workers. Today, in response to the climate crisis and the need for economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, California has launched a similar effort called the California Climate Action Corps. California Climate Action […]
For busy families trying to balance remote school and work schedules, enrichment activities to replace in-person activities are hard to come by. Volunteer work, which tends to occur at a specific site and with other members of the community, can be especially tricky. This is where Project Giving Kids comes in. Project Giving Kids, or […]
The Energy Coalition, in partnership with Passive Logic, has been selected for a Department of Energy (DOE) grant to bring innovative efficiency technologies to the City of South El Monte. The City of South El Monte was one of just seven locations selected nationwide for the Building Technologies Proving Ground – Public Sector Field Validation […]
The Energy Coalition was proud to present at the Global Forum on Human Settlements conference, which brought together an international community to heed the wake-up call that COVID-19 has offered to combine the post-pandemic recovery of people’s well-being with an aggressive transformation towards sustainability. TEC shared information on our Bassett Avocado Heights Advanced Energy Community […]
The Energy Coalition was proud to recently participate in the 2nd Forum of Local Environmental Authorities, organized by the CC35 Climate Summit of the Americas, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the government of Santiago, Chile. During the meeting, participants explored innovative and scalable solutions for a post-pandemic […]
California is working hard to build a pipeline of skilled energy workers, but career path barriers remain for students in disadvantaged (DAC), Hard to Reach (HTR), and rural communities. Access and equity challenges are complicated further by rapid changes in the energy sector and unstable conditions due to COVID-19. TEC is partnering with Redding Electric […]
The California Energy Commission (CEC) recently issued a $9 million grant to TEC for Phase II of the Bassett-Avocado Advanced Energy Community (BAAEC) Project, which aims to provide locally produced renewable energy at-scale to disadvantaged communities in Bassett-Avocado in the San Gabriel Valley. This community will serve as the “site host” of the advanced energy […]
The Energy Coalition was honored to accept a Beacon Champion award at the 2019 Beacon Awards, hosted by the Institute for Local Government. We would like to dedicate the award to all of the amazing local governments — including fellow Beacon awardees — who are working hard to lead their communities toward a safe, secure, […]