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April 2021
Green Job Fair Hosted by Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson
Join Councilmember Katherine Gilmore-Richardson, Wednesday, April 21 at 1pm for a Virtual Green Jobs Fair to learn about opportunities in clean energy, energy efficiency, green infrastructure and more.
Find out more »PEA Quarterly Board Meeting
The Philadelphia Energy Authority will hold its quarterly public board meeting, on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 4:30 P.M. The meeting will be held via zoom videoconferencing. Agenda items include budget, administrative updates, Energy Campaign updates and other business that may properly come before the board. The public is invited to attend.
Find out more »Drawdown DCIS – discussion on Drawdown’s Electricity Sector
The Delaware County Institute of Science (DCIS) presents the second virtual gathering for The Science Behind Climate Solutions. The focus for the discussion is the Drawdown sector of Renewable Energy/Electricity
Find out more »May 2021
Commercial PACE Toolkit: New Resources to Propel Your CPACE Program
The U.S. Department of Energy's Better Buildings, Better Plants Summit is happening May 17-20, 2021. PEA will be discussing the Philadelphia C-PACE program and how DOE tools have supported the program's growth.
Find out more »Penn State University’s Virtual Workshop: The Local Social and Economical Context of Energy Transitions
As the United States pivots away from fossil fuels, resource-dependent communities and host communities for renewable energy are undergoing major transitions. These transitions play out quite differently in different contexts as local and state officials, nonprofit groups, and community leaders work to harness and re-apply the skills of the local workforce and address social and land use-based changes. But there is no single formula for success. This workshop aims to explore different communities’ and states’ experiences with losses and gains…
Find out more »AABE’s Annual Conference: Connecting the Dots – Consumer Track: Climate Change and Zero Emissions Strategies— Consumer Response and Customer Perspectives
The Climate Change and Zero Emissions Strategies— Consumer Response and Customer Perspectives Panel is one of many sessions during the 44th Annual National Conference of the American Association of Blacks in Energy® (AABE) streaming live May 25 - 27, 2021. The conference offers powerful connections, energetic exchanges, and top-notch sessions geared toward energy professionals, policy-makers, entrepreneurs, students, and federal officials. PEA's President & CEO, Emily Schapira will be on the panel discussing climate change mitigation and energy affordability, equitable access…
Find out more »Financing Philadelphia’s Future
On Tuesday, May 25, 2021, from 4:30 to 5:00, the fourth program in the “Financing Philadelphia’s Future with Councilmember Derek Green” series will be presented by the Philadelphia Public Banking Coalition. The general public is invited to participate in this program, moderated by Vanessa Lowe, on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85835928783 and livestreamed on the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Councilmember Green and Philadelphia Neighborhood Networks. Participants are asked to register here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/philadelphia-public-bank-coalition-presents-financing-philadelphias-future-with-derek-green?source=direct_link&. Maryrose Myrtetus, Executive Director of the recently established Philadelphia Green Capital Corp. (PGCC),…
Find out more »Energy Futures 2021: Solar Equity in the City
Groundswell is leading a new monthly webinar series, Energy Futures 2021, to build momentum for improved clean energy access for low- and moderate-income (LMI) households. Kicking off in May 2021, this series will convene subject matter experts and industry professionals on finance, program designs and other topics that impact the growth of community-solar and clean energy projects established to serve LMI households. During our May 26 webinar, Groundswell will lead a discussion of how cities build energy equity through community…
Find out more »June 2021
C-PACE Expansion Virtual Lunch-and-Learn
The Keystone Energy Alliance and the Philadelphia Energy Authority invite you to a virtual lunch-and-learn. We’ll hear about the proposed expansion in Pennsylvania for Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE).
Find out more »The Aspen Institute’s Building Cleaner, Faster Report Release
Anticipating the Biden administration’s bold proposals for urgent economy-wide action on climate change, the Aspen Institute Energy & Environment Program convened a group of policymakers, experts and practitioners to consider solutions to expedite climate action. Over a series of three roundtable conversations in the winter months between 2020 and 2021, these professionals focused on the following problem: “Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 is ecologically essential, technologically feasible, economically achievable, but procedurally impossible.” The discussions led to a unanimous conclusion: to…
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