2022: Looking Ahead
A Message From Our Executive Director Friends of TEPRI, I am honored and delighted to serve as the Interim Executive Director of TEPRI. In March of 2014, I received a call from Becky Klein asking me to help her devise solutions to reduce the burden of energy costs for low-income households across Texas. What luck! […]
TEPRI Announces Interim Executive Director
This has already been an eventful 2021 for energy and social equity, and February’s winter storm brought front and center the experience of energy insecurity for many people.
News from TEPRI – November 2021
This has already been an eventful 2021 for energy and social equity, and February’s winter storm brought front and center the experience of energy insecurity for many people.
Lived Experiences of Winter Storm Uri Presentation at 2021 BECC Conference
TEPRI’s research analyst, Andrew Robison, presented the key findings from the July report, When the Lone Star Froze Over: Winter Storm Uri and the lived experiences of Texas low-income communities, at the Behavior, Energy and Climate Conference (BECC) on Tuesday, November 9th, 2021. The presentation focused on the lived experiences of low-income Texans before, during, […]
Energy Opportunities Coalition 2021 Report
TEPRI developed a state-wide Coalition to explore and launch cross-collaboration opportunities that maximize the impacts from dispersed funding sources to create clean energy opportunities that aid in the COVID-19 response and economic recovery efforts and beyond.
Energy Opportunities Coalition 2021 Report
The 2021 Energy Opportunities Coalition (EOC) report, Advancing Clean Energy Solutions in Underserved Texas Communities, details how the Coalition’s convenings fostered the creation of concept recommendations in three distinct areas: housing, mobility, and health. The coalition included key stakeholders in each of the three areas of focus from public agencies, nonprofits, universities, utilities, low-income and environmental organizations, and other […]
When the Lone Star Froze Over – Winter Storm Uri and the lived experiences of Texas low-income communities
Although Winter Storm Uri hit Texas over five months ago, its lingering impacts continue to affect households across the state, inform political discourse, and bring attention to ERCOT and the Texas energy market. In March we released The Lived Experiences of Winter Storm Uri, a blog post that presented some of the high-level insights of a […]
Sociodemographic Disparities in Energy Insecurity Webinar
TEPRI hosted an open session of the Energy Opportunities Coalition (EOC) with guest speaker Professor Sanya Carley from Indiana University on Tuesday, May 18th. Carley presented her research published in Nature Energy, “Sociodemographic disparities in energy insecurity among low-income households before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.” This unique EOC session was open to the public and free to join. TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE: How energy […]
Webinar | Sociodemographic Disparities in Energy Insecurity
You’re invited join us for an open session of TEPRI’s Energy Opportunities Coalition (EOC) with guest speaker Professor Sanya Carley from Indiana University on Tuesday, May 18th at 12 PM Central.
News from TEPRI – April 2021
This has already been an eventful 2021 for energy and social equity, and February’s winter storm brought front and center the experience of energy insecurity for many people.
