About RENEW
What Is RENEW?
We’re an energy justice organization. We believe in energy for the people. We believe that everyone should have access to free or low-cost solar energy.
We also are a community energy cooperative that works with Co-op Power, a regional energy coop which has the experience and resources to help us build the energy future we want. They have helped develop community owned energy systems in other cities in Massachusetts based on community input. We can do that here.
Who Are We?
We’re your friends and neighbors. We’ve been around since 2016. We are not a for-profit company. We are not sales people. We live in rentals, deal with drafty or stuffy homes, and we pay high electricity and gas bills. We know there’s a better way, and we believe that everyone should have access to the benefits of clean solar energy.
Why Should You Care?
Burning oil or gas to heat our homes or cook pollutes the air we breathe inside and outside our homes. It causes health problems, like asthma and heart disease. It’s especially dangerous for children whose lungs are still growing, and during pregnancy.
The gas pipes that lie under our streets are very old, and leak poisonous, explosive fumes. The same oil and gas pollution that builds up in our homes is also outside in our neighborhoods, where it creates smog, traps heat, kills our trees, and leaks near our schools.
What Can We Do?
We can build a different energy system that uses clean renewable sources of energy, like the sun.
The federal and state governments are putting billions of dollars towards building new energy systems, but we don’t always have a say in how it’s used.
We believe that we, the residents of Worcester, should have a say in the types of energy systems that power our homes and businesses. Our choices should not be dictated by people who don’t live here, or sold to us by for-profit energy companies.
We can bring solar energy to Worcester in a way that gives us ownership and control over the energy we use. But we have to do it together.
YOU CAN HELP SHAPE WORCESTER’S ENERGY FUTURE. LEARN HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED AT
https://tinyurl.com/RENEWWorcesterCEC
or scan the barcode to fill out an interest form.