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=Interview= | |||
Will Byrne, CEO, interviewed by Sara Horowitz: | |||
"Sara: Tell me now about what you guys are doing, and how you see the role of markets in social change. | |||
Will: Building on this idea of Civic Consumption, we’re working to bring communities together by aggregating their demand as consumers, and we’re finding that by doing so, you can actually drive newfound access for the things people really need. Like clean energy. | |||
A lot of people want access to clean energy, but they are priced out by the cost premium. What we’re doing at Groundswell is surprisingly simple: we bring together lots of community institutions and residents—with a focus on including low-income residents and the organizations that serve them—and pool them together in a collective bid to clean energy suppliers. | |||
We recently did a $5 million energy project for over 100 institutions, including the NAACP in Philadelphia, lots of churches and faith-based organizations and nonprofits. Because we've created so much demand, we can negotiate a lower rate for energy. That's huge. | |||
At the same time, we've also creating a market for the suppliers who want access to new customers. And, we’re actually switching all these institutions and residents over to cleaner power." | |||
(http://www.freelancersunion.org/dispatches/2013/08/29/using-our-power-consume-forces-good/) | |||
Revision as of 08:58, 11 September 2013
= an organization that helps communities gain access to affordable clean energy by pooling their purchasing power.
URL = http://www.groundswell.org/
Interview
Will Byrne, CEO, interviewed by Sara Horowitz:
"Sara: Tell me now about what you guys are doing, and how you see the role of markets in social change.
Will: Building on this idea of Civic Consumption, we’re working to bring communities together by aggregating their demand as consumers, and we’re finding that by doing so, you can actually drive newfound access for the things people really need. Like clean energy.
A lot of people want access to clean energy, but they are priced out by the cost premium. What we’re doing at Groundswell is surprisingly simple: we bring together lots of community institutions and residents—with a focus on including low-income residents and the organizations that serve them—and pool them together in a collective bid to clean energy suppliers.
We recently did a $5 million energy project for over 100 institutions, including the NAACP in Philadelphia, lots of churches and faith-based organizations and nonprofits. Because we've created so much demand, we can negotiate a lower rate for energy. That's huge.
At the same time, we've also creating a market for the suppliers who want access to new customers. And, we’re actually switching all these institutions and residents over to cleaner power." (http://www.freelancersunion.org/dispatches/2013/08/29/using-our-power-consume-forces-good/)