Built by communities. Powered by people. Designed for place.
A dedicated day celebrating how communities are designing, owning, and operating microgrids to meet local needsâ with resilience, equity, affordability, workforce pathways, and local decision-making at the center.
What youâll gain
Practical models, community-tested lessons, and real stories you can adapt locallyâwhether youâre starting or scaling.
Community-first values
Who decides. Who benefits. Who gets access. Who builds & maintains. Shared outcomes that last.
Celebrating local leadership, shared ownership, and energy solutions designed for real life.
Resilience, affordability, workforce pathways, and community benefitâgrounded in where people live.
Who This Day Is For
Where energy meets everyday lifeCommunities & Residents
Neighbors, organizers, and local champions shaping solutions that reflect real needs.
Tribal Nations & Indigenous Leaders
Energy sovereignty, stewardship, and systems built in alignment with culture and land.
Rural Co-ops, Cities, Campuses & Schools
Local resilience strategiesâfrom small towns to municipal and campus-scale microgrids.
Housing & Neighborhood Associations
Solutions that protect households, critical facilities, and community spaces.
Workforce Trainers & Local Contractors
Training pathways, certifications, and jobs that stay local.
Nonprofits, Advocates & Developers
Equity, access, financing support, and community benefit models that scale with trust.
What This Day Is About
People ⢠Place ⢠Shared BenefitMicrogrid Community Day focuses on community-driven energy solutionsânot just technology, but how itâs planned, governed, financed, and experienced by real people. This is where we talk about who decides, who benefits, who gets access, who builds and maintains the systems, and how microgrids strengthen communities long term.
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What Happens on Microgrid Community Day
Stories ⢠Voices ⢠Projects ⢠PathwaysCommunity Microgrid Stories
Real stories from tribal lands, rural towns, cities, campuses, and neighborhoodsâtold by the people living with these systems.
Local Leader & Resident Voices
Hear directly from community leaders, residents, students, and workers about what microgrids have changed for them.
Equity, Access & Ownership
Affordability, governance models, shared ownership, and ensuring benefits reach the whole community.
Workforce & Local Jobs Spotlight
Training pathways, skilled jobs, and long-term economic opportunity at the local level.
Campus, Municipal & Neighborhood Projects
Project spotlights that show whatâs possible at different scalesâand how communities got there.
Human-Centered Storytelling
Because microgrids are about safety, dignity, culture, and connectionânot just hardware.
Who Youâll Hear From
Voices from the fieldPower is stronger when itâs shared.
Microgrids are most powerful when they serve people and placeânot just infrastructure. Join a day that centers community leadership, local solutions, and energy systems built to serve people first.
