OUR STORY Family has always been at the heart of Eckerd Connects. When we were founded in 1968 by Jack and Ruth Eckerd, the legendary power couple was often asked what motivated them to start a non-profit in rural Florida.

PRESS RELEASE December 19, 2017 OPC Closely Analyzing New $66 Million Pepco Rate Hike, People’s Counsel Will Press Utility to Justify Every Dollar of Request Washington, D.C. – In a rate case filed today with the DC Public Service Commission

AUTHOR: Robert Walton@TeamWetDog PUBLISHED Dec. 19, 2017 ‘s been three months since Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico and destroyed its electric system. Many residents are still without power with only 70% of generation back online. The push to rebuild

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office The Solar Forecasting 2 funding program builds on the Improving Solar Forecasting Accuracy funding program to support projects that generate tools and knowledge to enable grid operators to better forecast how

The Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia approved the Pepco-Exelon Merger on March 23, 2016 Customer Investment Fund 1. Exelon will provide a Customer Investment Fund (“CIF”) to the District of Columbia with a value totaling $72.8 million.

In late 2017, DOEE selected the following proposals to fund; several of those projects are now underway. Each proposal takes a different approach and will, therefore, provide different benefits to households. Each of these nine projects is summarized below. Grantee

(The Act), effective October 8, 2016, established the District of Columbia’s Solar for All Program (Solar for All). The Act intends to expand DC’s solar capacity, to increase the amount of solar generated within the District, and to provide the

Published By: Dec.6,2017 EDF Action 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20009 | 800.684.3322 There are barely discussed dangers lurking in the tax bill that deal devastating blows to our country’s booming clean energy economy. We can’t let

Pepco Holdings and Exelon Complete Merger Millions of dollars in merger benefits to be delivered to customers and communities. On March 23, Pepco Holdings, parent company of Pepco, completed its merger with Exelon Corporation, making us a member of the

By Thomas Heath and Aaron C. Davis March 23, 2016 District regulators approved a $6.8 billion merger between Pepco Holdings and Exelon on Wednesday, creating the largest publicly held utility in the country. The decision marked a surprising turn of

Power Africa is a U.S. government-led partnership coordinated by USAID Published:Power Africa Newsletter, December 2017 Power Africa is so powerful.” — U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman “We believe in Africa, I believe in Africa, I believe in the partnership with Africa,

From tobacco to toxic chemicals, Michael Dourson has long been industry’s go-to man to downplay health concerns. He not only helped Big Tobacco play down the health impacts of second-hand smoke, but has spent years working to minimize health concerns

AUTHOR:Peter Maloney@TopFloorPower PUBLISHED Dec. 5, 2017 Dive Brief: Last minute changes to the Senate tax cut bill passed on Friday could have a negative effect on the growth of renewable energy projects, industry analysts confirmed to Utility Dive Monday. The

Robert Walton@TeamWetDog PUBLISHED Dec. 4, 2017 Dive Brief: A new analysis by Resources for the Future finds the U.S. Department of Energy’s proposed cost recovery rule to support coal and nuclear facilities would cost more than $250 billion over a

February 22-24, 2018 at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C. The Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Education and Human

AUTHOR:Peter Maloney@TopFloorPower PUBLISHED: Nov 30, 2017 Dive Brief: A new provision in the tax cut bill that is headed for a vote in the Senate could undercut the financing mechanism that has been a major driver in the rapid growth

WHAT IS A SOLAR CO-OP? We bring homeowners together into a group, or co-op. We provide unbiased, installer neutral support to co-op participants through each state of the process of going solar. Our experienced team ensures you understand how solar

Funding Opportunity Announcement: Solar Desalination Subprogram: Concentrating Solar Power Funding Number: DE-FOA-0001778 Funding Amount: $15 million Description The Solar Desalination funding program will develop novel technologies or concepts using solar thermal energy to assist in creating freshwater from otherwise unusable

“U.S._Department_of_Education Thu, Nov 30, 2017 Important Dates: Application Submission: Oct 18, 2017 – March 1, 2018 Internship Period: 10 weeks in Summer 2018 Important Resources: Application website: https://intern.nasa.gov Virtual Career Summit video: http://bit.ly/2x9oZJp NASA’s live-streamed Virtual Career Summit held Wednesday,

“U.S._Department_of_Education” Thu, Nov 30, 2017 The National Science Foundation launched the Historically Black Colleges and Universities – Excellence in Research Program (HBCU-EIR) as a track within the new HBCU-UP Solicitation NSF 18-522. In response to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of