What is Energy Justice? How Can You Advocate?
Learn what energy justice means and discover tools to advocate for it in Florida.
Utilities 101
- A guide to the basics of the electric utility industry, with a focus on justice
- Read the guide
- More about the Initiative for Energy Justice
Utilities for Dummies
- A series of articles on how utilities work and how to change them
- Read the series
- More about Grist
People's History of Utilities
- A summary of the history of utilities, in order to understand our current energy system and the rise of energy democracy
- Read the summary
- More about the Energy Democracy Project
What are public utility commissions? A beginner’s guide
- Utility regulators hold the keys to the transition away from fossil fuels. Click here to read an article that offers tips on how to engage with this small group of policymakers that most of us never hear about.
Energy Justice Workbook
- A resource for advocates and policymakers to center equity in energy policy-making, including an Energy Justice Scorecard
- View the workbook
- More about the Initiative for Energy Justice
People's Utility Justice Playbook
- A resource to expose the tactics that electric utility companies use to undermine communities' efforts
- Strategies for advocates
- Read the playbook
- More about the Energy Democracy Project
Shared Accountability Framework & Guide
- A 12-step process and evaluation tool for advocates to hold government and utilities accountable for an equitable transition to renewable energy
- Read the accountability framework for community implementation of 100% clean energy goals
- Read the shared accountability guide
- More resources from Sierra Club
Framework for a Just Transition
- Principles, processes and practices that build economic and political power to shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy
- Read the framework
- More about the Climate Justice Alliance
Just Energy: Reducing Pollution, Creating Jobs Toolkit by NAACP
- Guidance on how advocates can phase out toxic energy, bring in clean energy, and improve energy planning to best meet community needs
- Read the toolkit