The Center for Energy Education and the Center for Progressive Reform invite you to our first annual rural clean energy convening on Wednesday, December 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. We will discuss challenges and opportunities for an equitable and just clean energy transition in North Carolina’s rural communities.
Agenda
10-10:30: Networking w/ coffee and pastries
10:30-11:30: Working Session One: Challenges to a clean energy transition in rural NC communities
11:30-11:40: Break
11:40-12:40: Working Session Two: Opportunities for a clean energy transition in rural NC communities
12:40-2: Tying it all together: speaker and lunch
Questions and Themes
- How can the clean energy transition perpetuate the “left behind” aspect for rural communities and how can we combat this?
- Solar opportunities in agricultural regions that are mutually symbiotic
- The challenges of clean energy infrastructure and conservation for public spaces/biodiversity and recreational opportunities
- The role of rural electric cooperatives
- Workforce challenges for rural solar development
- Hurricane resilience stories
For more information, contact Policy Analyst Sophie Loeb.
