Elizabeth Yeampierre is co-chair of the Climate Justice Alliance and spoke to Yale Environment 360 about the project.
She told the publication how people in the community came together to build their own solar power system, which helped reduce pollution in the neighborhood and lowered energy costs.
“With the cooperative, the community actually owns the utility, owns the energy source. People will be able to access renewable energy, at a reduced cost, be hired locally to build it — and have ownership. So it’s really exciting. We’re hoping this model will birth more projects like this,” she said.