Energy equity in West Oakland

We’ll share a meal and talk about everything from rising electricity bills to energy-guzzling data centers to what to do in an emergency when the power goes out.

We all use energy every day, from plugging in a phone to filling up the tank. But we don’t all experience it equally: low income communities and communities of color tend to spend more of their income on powering their homes, forcing some to choose between heat and groceries. They also endure longer power outages after storms. How can community action and energy planning make our grid more affordable and reliable for everyone?

Join us for this open discussion exploring energy use in West Oakland.

• We’ll explore a new energy resilience project at a Caltrans facility on Burma Road. We’re working with Caltrans to get them an electric street sweeper equipped with bidirectional charging that can power the Caltrans facility during power outages, so they can provide emergency services like clearing roads. We’ll learn about V2B (vehicle to building) technology and brainstorm how different technologies could help our community in a crisis.
• We’ll learn about the environmental impacts of data centers, a quickly growing sector in California with big implications for our aging energy grid.

• We’ll share experiences using and paying for energy, and brainstorm solutions on the personal and the policy level.
  

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This workshop is funded by the California Energy Commission. It's part of demonstrating vehicle-to-building (V2B) mobile battery energy storage as emergency power backup at a Caltrans’ facility in Oakland, California.

WOEIP
349 Mandela Parkway

Limited onsite parking is available.

The WOEIP office is 1 block from West Oakland BART.

Food and childcare will be provided.

We'll have a daytime session from 12 to 1:30 pm, and an evening session from 5:30 to 7 pm. Pick whichever works best for your schedule.

For accessibility accommodations or dietary restrictions, please email [email protected] in advance of the meeting and we'll do our best to accommodate your needs.

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