The Energy Ground Game
The Playbook
It’s game time, and crowds are watching. During the 2026 elections, voters in the most competitive regions listed energy affordability issues utility bills as a priorities. People are demanding action and decision makers are feeling the pressure to deliver. Now is the time for a strong ground game powered by communities to open up room for big moves. This playbook is designed to introduce individuals to the policy plays that state decision makers can advance to make bills cheaper, energy cleaner, and jobs plentiful.
Key Policy Plays
Make Big Energy Users Pull Their Weight, So Households Don’t Carry the Team
Community Power Networks: Individual Players, Working Together as a Team
Put Local Power in the Starting Lineup: Local Solar and Storage in Resource Planning
Flag on the Play: Stop Rewarding Spending Over Results
Put the Whole Roster to Work: Expand Access with Community Solar and Storage and Plug-in Solar
Block the Bureaucracy with Streamlined Permitting and Interconnection Reforms