In conversation: Social justice solar expands, trains, empowers

Erica Mackie is the CEO of Grid Alternatives, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that has helped nearly 15,000 low-income families to go solar at no cost. It has also provided more than 42,000 people with solar education and job training. Mackie co-founded Grid Alternatives in 2001 while working as an engineer in the private sector, and since then the organization has become a driving force for access and equity in the PV industry.

Issue 08-2019

Erica Mackie: “The families that Grid works with pay a larger portion of their take-home pay on energy costs than the broader population, and thus have the greatest need for the benefits that solar can provide.”

Image: Grid Alternatives

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