- Citizens Utility Board of Michigan (CUB) - The Citizens Utility Board of Michigan (CUB of MI) was formed in 2018 to represent the interests of residential energy customers across the state of Michigan. CUB of MI educates and engages Michigan consumers in support of cost-effective investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy and against unfair rate increase requests. CUB of MI gives a voice to Michigan utility customers and helps to ensure that citizens of the state pay the lowest reasonable rate for utility services and also benefit from the environmental implications of investment in clean energy. CUB of MI is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose members are individual residential customers of Michigan’s energy utilities.
- City of Ann Arbor - The City of Ann Arbor’s mission is to deliver exceptional services that sustain and enhance a vibrant, safe and diverse community. As a local unit of government in the State of Michigan, the City is responsible for protecting the public health, safety and general welfare. Relevant to this application is the City’s work related to ensuring every resident can safely and affordably heat their homes while not damaging their health or the planet.
- Environmental Law & Policy Center - The Environmental Law & Policy Center is the Midwest’s leading environmental legal advocacy organization. They develop and lead successful strategic advocacy campaigns to improve environmental quality and protect our natural resources. They are public interest environmental entrepreneurs who engage in creative business deal making with diverse interests to put into practice our belief that environmental progress and economic development can be achieved together. ELPC’s multidisciplinary staff of talented and experienced public interest attorneys, environmental business specialists, public policy advocates and communications specialists brings a strong and effective combination of skills to solve environmental problems.
- Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association (GLREA) - www.glrea.org GLREA is a state-wide non-profit that promotes renewable energy by advocating for stronger state policies and by informing and educating Michigan citizens, organizations, and leaders on how they can achieve a greater use of renewable energy and its many economic and environmental benefits.
- Michigan Environmental Council (MEC) - Statewide nonprofit public interest and environmental organization consisting of over 70 public health and environmental organizations, having over 200,000 members.
- Michigan Municipal Association for Utilities Issues (MI-MAUI) - MI-MAUI represents interests of, and provides technical assistance and education to, local government agencies in Michigan in matters involving regulate utilities, including state regulatory processes and direct business relationships with utilities. By providing a collective, focused voice and expert technical analysis, MI-MAUI helps local governments save money, deliver more effective services and achieve policy goals; by focusing utility related priorities and positions of local governments, MI-MAUI seeks to expedite action by utilities and regulatory agencies. MI-MAUI currently has eight dues-paying members including the cities of Clint, Detroit, Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County. MI-MAUI communicates with and serves interests of non-member communities on a less comprehensive basis.
- Soulardarity - Soulardarity is a membership-based 501c3 non-profit. The board is comprised of and elected by members and must be a majority of Highland Parkers. Soulardarity is building a brighter future in Highland Park with education, organizing, and people-powered clean energy. They are working to install solar powered streetlights, save money on energy bills, and work together with neighboring communities to build a just and equitable energy system for all.
- Urban Core Collective - The Urban Core Collective (UCC) exists to support the self-determination and agency of historically marginalized communities by engaging in advocacy, community organizing, and leadership cultivation that transforms living conditions and the distribution of power in the Greater Grand Rapids area. They believe that people impacted by injustice hold wisdom that is vital to disrupting the status quo and that through building power and acting collectively, we can bring about transformational justice.
- We Want Green Too: We Want Green Too is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering Veterans and strengthening communities through green job training, food sovereignty programs, and environmental justice initiatives. Our mission is to help Veterans build sustainable careers, support families facing food insecurity, and create healthier, more resilient neighborhoods.
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