Equity Strategies for LA’s Clean Energy Transition

Guided by a Steering Committee of community-based organizations, listening sessions with more than 100 participants from underserved communities, and informed by world-class building, transportation, and air quality modeling, the LA100 Equity Strategies project developed strategies for a more equitable clean energy transition in Los Angeles. Project team members identified areas of current inequity in infrastructure and program investment that illustrate where other communities may be furthering inequity in current approaches to sustainability and climate action. With community guidance, analysts modeled pathways to increase affordability and equity in access to bill savings from solar energy, reduce air pollution in some of the most pollution-impacted communities through targeted transportation electrification, and prioritize infrastructure investments to enable more equitable access to critical services during disasters, transportation electrification, and cooling and efficiency technologies. Lessons learned include strategies for more equitable community engagement, the need to shift from subsidizing primarily wealthier households in adopting solar and electric vehicles to investments that benefit the broader community like charging infrastructure in areas with multifamily housing, heavy-duty truck electrification, including the utility and city's own fleets, to achieve the greatest air quality improvements, and community solar development that enables renters, and low-income households to save on energy bills.
LA100 Equity Strategies

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