Mid-Atlantic

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Solar Works DC offers District residents hands-on solar installation training, lessons in career development, case management services, and job placement support for graduates.

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Reduce electric bills for low-income families. Create solar career pathways in underserved communities. Fight climate change.

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Our clients benefit from clean, renewable energy, that helps lower their monthly electricity bills. If you don't qualify, you may know someone who does!

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"Environmental justice is nothing more than this whole principle: People have the right to a clean, healthy, sustainable environment without regard to race, color, national origin."

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Mid-Atlantic

GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic is a 501(c)(3) organization that provides no-cost solar installations and solar job training in the Washington, D.C. region.

Through partnerships with local government agencies and local communities, GRID Mid-Atlantic provides solar energy at no-cost to income-qualified residents and communities of color. GRID Mid-Atlantic's workforce training program gives participants, including those without experience in solar or construction, an opportunity to enter the growing solar industry.

We envision a rapid, equitable transition to a world powered by renewable energy that benefits everyone.