The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) hosted a webinar on October 5, 2021, about the needs and opportunities for local climate resilience and the actions that the federal government can take to better support resilient improvements in communities across the country.

Featured panelists included EESI Policy Manager Anna McGinn, who presented an EESI report, A Resilient Future for Coastal Communities: Federal Policy Recommendations from Solutions in Practice.

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The Cooperative Leadership Network (CLN) hosted a 90-minute webinar on Monday, May 20, that explored equitable beneficial electrification for rural electric cooperatives. Beneficial electrification refers to the replacement of fossil-fuel powered systems with electrical ones in a way that reduces overall emissions, while providing benefits to the environment and to households. An example would be switching from propane heating to electric heating, or from a gasoline-powered car to an electric vehicle. Featured panelists included EESI Program Associate Miguel Yanez, who presented the report, Equitable Beneficial Electrification for Rural Electric Cooperatives, for which he was the lead author.

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EESI Program Associate Miguel Yanez presented EESI's On-Bill Financing project and spoke about USDA's Rural Energy Savings Program (RESP) and beneficial electrification at a NAACP-hosted event for rural electric cooperatives on January 20, 2019, in Houston, Texas.

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Policy Associate Jessie Stolark introduced EESI and its work to the Southeast Climate and Energy Network on December 12, 2018. The session covered the 2018 midterm results and the energy and environmental outlook for the 116th Congress.

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EESI Policy Associate John-Michael Cross was part of the Energy Affordability in Rural Communities panel session at the June 2018 National Energy Utility & Affordability Coalition annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona. His presentation covered “On-Bill Financing for Rural Communities."

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Policy Associate Jessie Stolark spoke at a Fuels America briefing on September 20: "The Reality Behind the Renewable Fuel Standard, the Economy, and the Environment." She explained why biofuels are necessary to decarbonize the transportation sector in both the short and long-term.

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Program Associate Miguel Yanez gave a presentation on EESI's On-Bill Financing Project at the 2017 American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Energy Efficiency Finance Forum, held May 21- 23 in Chicago. The presentation was part of a panel on "Overcoming Energy Efficiency Finance Barriers in Rural America."

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Program Associate Miguel Yanez gave a presentation on EESI's On-Bill Financing Project at the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO) Western Region and Territory Energy Offices meeting, held April 18-19 in Boise, Idaho.

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EESI Policy Director Ellen Vaughan spoke at the 11th Annual North American Passive House Conference in Philadelphia on September 24. She discussed high-performance buildings powered by a renewable energy, with a special focus on policy, codes, and incentives (which were the conference's key themes).

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On April 28, EESI's Transportation and Energy Policy Fellow, Paul Haven, gave a presentation to the Maryland American Planning Association in Annapolis, Maryland. His presentation, Toward A Sustainable Transportation Network in the Northeast Corridor, covered the reasons why a national high-speed passenger rail network would not only make our national transportation network more sustainable, but would also improve the nation's economic competitiveness for decades to come. Paul also highlighted that the Federal Railroad Administration's evaluation of rail investment alternatives for the Northeast Corridor, known as NEC FUTURE, needs to consider the cost and impact of expanding road and air networks, as such an expansion would be required in scenarios involving lower levels of rail investment.

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