Vote Solar

Vote Solar, a national solar policy advocacy organization, will use Organizational Effectiveness funding to help implement the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion vision adopted by staff and board in 2017. Vote Solar is committed to fully realize solar energy’s potential as a force for social good by taking a hard look at past inequities and working with intention to build a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive clean energy future.

Vote Solar is a national nonprofit organization working to foster economic opportunity, promote energy security, and fight climate change by making solar a mainstream energy resource. The organization works at the state level across the country to support policies and programs aimed at re-powering the grid with sunshine. This funding will support its program to advance solar in Florida, allowing it to hire a technical expert to engage in key regulatory dockets in Florida and other southeastern states. Funding will also allow it to broaden a coalition of pro-solar business and conservative leaders, and provide support and advice to community-based groups that want to promote solar for low-income communities.