GRID Alternatives showcased effective, on-the-ground policy solutions that put communities first during Washington Governor presidential candidate Jay Inslee's visit to an installed GRID client's home in San Francisco. 

This audio piece highlights the efforts of several organizations, including GRID Alternatives, to create access to California's green jobs in lower income communities. Former intern Demetrius Bloodsaw reflects on how his training with GRID Greater Los Angeles prepared him for his first job in the solar industry. 

Stone Soup is a non-profit in Northeast Fresno serving Southeast Asian refugee families. Through a partnership with GRID Alternatives Central Valley and the City of Fresno, the organization received solar panels which will help them save over $8,000 a year and better serve the community. 

This piece highlights an upcoming community solar installation that will bring renewable power to the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in southwestern Colorado. GRID Alternatives has helped build low-income community solar projects since 2015, with the help of community members and volunteers.

Chris Sewell is the Finance and Operations Director at GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic. In his op-ed with the Capital Gazette, Chris writes his support of the Clean Energy Jobs Act to create pathways to well-paying solar careers in disadvantaged communities across Maryland.

A recent study shows that racial and ethnic minorities have less access to solar power, regardless of income, highlighting the need for environmental justice. For this piece, GRID Alternatives' Vice President of Communications, Julian Foley, points to the leadership that is often not seen or acknowledged in communities of color.

A new renewable energy madate could mean big gains for the Washington, D.C. solar jobs market. Solar Industry magazine caught up with Vernon Davis and Steven Donerson, two recent graduates of SolarWorks DC and current multifamily solar installers with GRID Mid-Atlantic, to hear about their experience in the job training program.

Michael Kadish, Executive Director of GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles, writes about the promise and opportunity of community solar to meet Southern California's clean energy goals in this op-ed for the Long Beach Post.

In an op-ed for the Farmington Daily Times, GRID's national Tribal Program director Tim Willink describes how community solar access will benefit tribal communities in New Mexico.

GRID Alternatives is featured in the new documentary, Paris to Pittsburgh, from Bloomberg Philanthropies and Radical Media. From Iowa to Orlando to Los Angeles, Paris to Pittsburgh showcases how Americans are demanding and developing climate change solutions. Hear from David Andrade, Volunteer Coordinator with GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles, about how he got his start in the solar industry with GRID's re-entry job training program.