{"id":7106,"date":"2021-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gridalt.wpenginepowered.com\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T17:00:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:00:33","slug":"take-action-clean-energy-equity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"Take action for clean energy equity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right now, solar energy is getting serious attention in Congress, which could translate into tangible climate policy. With your help, we can keep equity and justice at the forefront of clean energy policies, so economic and environmental justice communities are leading the clean energy revolution. <\/p>\n<p>GRID, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.localsolarforall.org\/news\/coalition-calls-on-congress-expand-solar-access\">Solar Access for All coalition<\/a>, has been pushing Congress to prioritize the equitable and just deployment of renewable energy. The coalition\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5f4637895cfc8d77860d0dbc\/t\/607de3e8885bd43ae87deded\/1618863082445\/Building+Back+Better_+A+Roadmap+to+Expand+Solar+Access+for+All+-+FINAL.pdf\">federal policy recommendations<\/a> provide for equitable access to distributed solar for 15 million low- and moderate-income households, along with inclusive job and economic growth opportunities. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s why we\u2019re excited\u2026 <br \/><\/strong>Our proposed policy includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Investing $30 billion to fund existing and new programs and incentives for state, territory, and tribal governments for rooftop and community solar<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Investing $10 billion dollars in support for low-income rooftop and community solar<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This policy, with your help, can be part of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package currently on the floor in Congress, either as part of budget reconciliation, or as an amendment. <\/p>\n<p>Our collective voice is being heard because of your support of our mission, because of our strong coalition of partners, because of the constant, hard work we\u2019ve done on the ground and on the roof and in the polls, and it\u2019s not over yet. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s where you come in <br \/><\/strong>Take a moment, and call your Senator and tell them you support equitable access to solar energy in the current infrastructure package. Every phone call really does make a difference.<\/p>\n<p>Call 202-224-3121, tell the Capitol switchboard you want to speak to your Senator&#8217;s office, or look up the direct line to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/senators-contact.htm\">Senator\u2019s office here<\/a>. Use this <a href=\"https:\/\/gridalternatives.org\/2021-infrastructure-bill-call-script?utm_source=Summary+Blog&amp;utm_medium=Website&amp;utm_campaign=Infrastructure\" target=\"_blank\">easy call script<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right now, solar energy is getting serious attention in Congress, which could translate into tangible climate policy, with your help.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"audience":[],"content-type":[12],"focus-area":[22],"region":[],"series":[],"content-author":[],"class_list":["post-7106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-policy-advocacy","content-type-news","focus-area-policy"],"acf":{"hero_media_type":"image","hero_media_image":null,"hero_media_url":"","hero_media_poster":null,"hero_video_play":"inline","related_stories":null,"pattern_override":null,"story_callouts":null,"media":null,"featured_blog_post":null,"featured_event":null,"pdf_download":null,"blockquote":null,"author":null,"notice":null,"social_embed":null,"contact_card":null,"meta_details":null,"faq":null,"table":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Take action for clean energy equity - GRID Alternatives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Right now, solar energy is getting serious attention in Congress, which could translate into tangible climate policy, with your help.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Take action for clean energy equity - GRID Alternatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Right now, solar energy is getting serious attention in Congress, which could translate into tangible climate policy, with your help.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GRID Alternatives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-23T04:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-16T21:00:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Infrastructure-Policy-Blog-Graphic-1-2-.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"759\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Take action for clean energy equity\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-23T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-16T21:00:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Infrastructure-Policy-Blog-Graphic-1-2-.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Policy &amp; Advocacy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\\\/\",\"name\":\"Take action for clean energy equity - GRID Alternatives\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Infrastructure-Policy-Blog-Graphic-1-2-.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-23T04:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-16T21:00:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"description\":\"Right now, solar energy is getting serious attention in Congress, which could translate into tangible climate policy, with your help.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Infrastructure-Policy-Blog-Graphic-1-2-.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Infrastructure-Policy-Blog-Graphic-1-2-.jpg\",\"width\":759,\"height\":427,\"caption\":\"Advocacy graphic with three raised fists above solar panels and a house, phone number 202-224-3121 to contact senator about clean energy access\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/the-current\\\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Take action for clean energy equity\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/\",\"name\":\"GRID Alternatives\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"es\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Take action for clean energy equity - GRID Alternatives","description":"Right now, solar energy is getting serious attention in Congress, which could translate into tangible climate policy, with your help.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/","og_locale":"es_MX","og_type":"article","og_title":"Take action for clean energy equity - GRID Alternatives","og_description":"Right now, solar energy is getting serious attention in Congress, which could translate into tangible climate policy, with your help.","og_url":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/","og_site_name":"GRID Alternatives","article_published_time":"2021-07-23T04:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-16T21:00:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":759,"height":427,"url":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Infrastructure-Policy-Blog-Graphic-1-2-.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minuto"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Take action for clean energy equity","datePublished":"2021-07-23T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-16T21:00:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/"},"wordCount":288,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Infrastructure-Policy-Blog-Graphic-1-2-.jpg","articleSection":["Policy &amp; Advocacy"],"inLanguage":"es"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/","url":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/","name":"Take action for clean energy equity - GRID Alternatives","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Infrastructure-Policy-Blog-Graphic-1-2-.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-23T04:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-16T21:00:33+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"description":"Right now, solar energy is getting serious attention in Congress, which could translate into tangible climate policy, with your help.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"es","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"es","@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Infrastructure-Policy-Blog-Graphic-1-2-.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Infrastructure-Policy-Blog-Graphic-1-2-.jpg","width":759,"height":427,"caption":"Advocacy graphic with three raised fists above solar panels and a house, phone number 202-224-3121 to contact senator about clean energy access"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/the-current\/take-action-clean-energy-equity\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Take action for clean energy equity"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/#website","url":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/","name":"GRID Alternatives","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"es"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7106"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10409,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7106\/revisions\/10409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7106"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=7106"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=7106"},{"taxonomy":"focus-area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/focus-area?post=7106"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=7106"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=7106"},{"taxonomy":"content-author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-author?post=7106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}