How to Start

① How to Start ❯

② Energy Democracy in Action ❯

③ Know Your Rights ❯

④ Municipal Deep Dives ❯

⑤ Glossary ❯

The Start

Find Your Entry Point

Map the System

Enter the System

Strategic Framing

Make an Ask

Strategic Framing

Speak their language. How you describe your project matters as much as what it does.

Tie the framing directly to municipal goals, such as renewable energy, efficiency, and equitable access.

Municipal climate and energy plans aim for affordable, efficient energy supply for all sectors – frame your project as part of this shared municipal goal.

Align community energy projects with the municipality’s existing renewable energy targets and goals. Show how these projects help achieve local strategic objectives.

Different examples of positioning your project

  • Support renewable energy targets

  • Create jobs

  • Improve affordability

  • Reduce losses

  • Support climate commitments

Which of these are true for your project? Tick them in Part B of your worksheet, together with the plans and objectives you found in Part A.

Key Message

You are not outside the system; you are helping deliver it.