Clean Energy Working Group

The Clean Energy Working Group (CEWG) is a broad coalition of practitioners accelerating Central Appalachia’s equitable clean energy transition through collective power-building, collaborative funding models, coordinated policy advocacy, and peer learning.

GOALS

1. Secure EPA GGRF (Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund) funding for Appalachian communities.
2. Expand and deepen participation and engagement in the CAN CEWG.
3. Amplify workforce development by working with high school students where possible, especially where solar,
energy efficiency, hydro, and geothermal projects are being sited and developed in local Central Appalachian
communities.
4. Develop and expand Appalachian Solar Finance Fund model to develop a regionally based “Clean Energy
Ecosystem Navigator” (CEEN) program

For more details about each goal, view the pdf of CEWG five year work plan – click here.

WHO SHOULD JOIN

Clean energy practitioners working in central Appalachia’s nonprofit, public, and private sectors.

MEETING DETAILS

The Clean Energy Working Group meets on the first Thursday of each month at 10am EST via Zoom.

Contact our Working Group Coordinator to join the meetings.

Tessa Wieneke – tessa@opencirclestudio.com

CO-CHAIRS

Autumn Long, Director at Appalachian Solar Finance Fund
- autumn.long@appvoices.org
Carrie Ray, Director of Energy Programs at Mountain Association
- carrie@mtassociation.org