Advancing Energy Affordability and Home Electrification for Everyone with Inclusive Utility Investment
Description: This webinar will explore inclusive utility investment (IUI), a financing model for advancing energy affordability and accelerating building decarbonization for all, including renters and low-income homeowners. Presenters will introduce IUI and what distinguishes it from other financing options, present examples of IUI implementation around the US, and discuss barriers to scale and how policy and creative capital sourcing can pave the way for IUI to unlock rapid deployment of clean, affordable, energy solutions.
Speakers:
Ashley Muspratt, President & CEO, CET
Kai Palmer-Dunning, Senior Associate of Building Decarbonization, Clean Energy Works
Amanda Sachs, State Policy Manager, Rewiring America
Attendees will learn how to:
1. Explain the core principles of Inclusive Utility Investment (IUI) and differentiate it from other common energy financing models used to support building decarbonization and energy affordability.
2. Analyze real-world examples of IUI implementation across the United States to identify key design features, stakeholder roles, and outcomes related to serving renters and low-income households.
3. Evaluate policy, regulatory, and capital sourcing strategies that can address barriers to scaling IUI and formulate potential pathways for accelerating equitable clean energy deployment in their own jurisdictions or professional contexts.