Mayor Muriel Bowser celebrated the 100th installation under the Solar Works DC initiative by commissioning a rooftop solar installation at a home in Ward 6. In addition, Mayor Bowser released Sustainable DC 2.0, the District’s updated citywide plan detailing actions and strategies for becoming the healthiest, greenest, and most livable city in the nation.
The Solar Works DC program celebrated its 100th installation in a special ceremony that was attended by Washington, D.C., mayor Muriel Bowser and representatives from GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic, the Department for Energy and Environment, and the Department of Employment Services.
In an op-ed for the Capital Gazette, GRID Mid-Atlantic's Chris Sewell writes that in Maryland, policy like the Clean Energy Jobs Act is needed immediately.
Since 2001, nonprofit solar installer GRID Alternatives has been on a mission to bring more solar energy to underserved communities. In addition to installing solar for low-income families in California, Colorado, the Mid-Atlantic and tribal nations, GRID also focuses on providing solar job training. Solar Industry caught up with two recent graduates of GRID’s training program in Washington, D.C., where new renewable energy mandates could portend a major jobs market for solar in the future.
GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic is joining the urgent appeal for the Maryland House Economic Matters Committee to move forward with the Clean Energy Jobs Act (HB 1158), a 50 percent renewable portfolio standard (RPS) that would reinvigorate the solar industry in Maryland.
GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic encourages the Virginia General Assembly to pass two important pieces of renewable energy legislation that, if passed, would create local jobs, boost the economy, save families money on electricity costs, reduce pollution, and strengthen Virginia’s leadership role in an equitable transition to clean energy.
The D.C. City Council unanimously voted in favor of the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018, securing a historic win for renewable energy and making the District a model for the rest of the country.
Today, the District of Columbia Council passed the Clean Energy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018, which doubles the strength of the current renewable portfolio standard (RPS) by requiring that 100% of the District’s energy come from clean, renewable sources by 2032.
In an op-ed for The Virginian-Pilot, GRID Mid-Atlantic's Nicole Steele writes that Virginia is at a solar turning point and equitable clean energy policies targeting low- and middle-income Virginians will keep money in the local economy, allow communities to build wealth, and create local jobs.
