Energy 101: How Our Energy System Works & Why Public Power Matters
Start: Thursday, July 23, 2026•06:00 PM
End: Thursday, July 23, 2026•07:30 PM
Location: Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center• 107 Norman Ave at Leonard St, Brooklyn, NY 11222 US
Host contact info kim@saneenergy.org text 646-387-3180
Join Sane Energy Project and Public Power NY for an information session on public energy utilities and how they work in New York City. Learn about our energy system from extraction to your bills and how we can change it to make it work for people and the planet.
- Who makes decisions about public energy utilities
- How do they charge you
- What are alternatives to unstable fossil fuels
- How to stop utility rate increases
- How to get involved in fossil fuel free energy advocacy
- What is Public Power
- How could publicly owned renewables change the game in New York State
Public Power NY is a statewide, grassroots movement of New Yorkers who know the truth about our energy system: that to build a future we can be proud of, we must take our power back from corporate control, and put it in the hands of the people.
To make it happen, we passed the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA), the biggest climate and green jobs bill in the nation. The BPRA unleashed the power of New York State to build publicly owned, 100% renewable energy, create a new era of green union jobs, slash rising energy bills for those who need it most, and make New York a national leader in the fight to build a future we’d be proud to pass on to those to come. Now we’re fighting to make sure our full vision for a Green New Deal in New York becomes a reality.