Campaigns

America is ready to embrace a clean energy future. We as a country need to bring clean energy technologies to the communities that will benefit the most. That means making the process of building clean energy easier, building offshore wind farms along our coastlines, linking solar and wind projects to technologies that can store and later deploy that energy, and ensuring utilities invest in energy efficiency and demand response, which will allow us to use less energy in the first place. Counterspark is pushing states to accelerate the clean energy transition. 

Consumers want to control where their energy comes from and how they use it, and you should be able to. Unfortunately, most states have rules that limit that choice - rules that block rooftop solar, allow utilities to withhold energy insights that help make informed decisions, or require our buildings to hook up to outdated fossil fuels. Counterspark believes every American should have the power to contribute to the clean energy transition. By switching to cleaner resources in the everyday aspects of our lives, like what we drive and how we heat our homes, we can reap the benefits of healthier communities now and secure a livable climate for future generations.

Our electric grid is so woefully outdated that we made an entire campaign about it – Transmission Possible. Electricity isn’t flowing like it should, and it’s not ready for our current capacity, much less what’s coming. The reasons are complicated and overlapping. State legislatures, federal regulations, and even regional bodies all have a part to play, but we know how to fix the issues.

There’s new electricity coming on the grid all the time, but our system simply isn’t ready for it. In too many states, grid operators aren’t even required to plan ahead. Luckily, states are starting to take notice and enact new rules. Counterspark is working to help get the word out to other states and get those pieces of legislation across the finish line to ensure we see the cost and efficiency benefits of better, more proactive infrastructure planning.