Is your community prepared for the next power outage? Join this webinar to learn how your community can prepare your energy infrastructure for extreme weather events. EnergySense Resilience Center will introduce the concept of energy resilience, share examples from communities across Illinois, and discuss how climate action plans can help communities prepare for and respond to energy disruptions. Collective Energy will highlight strategies for rural communities, including best practices from their work with rural health centers, and explore how technologies such as solar paired with battery storage can support local energy systems.
Speakers:
Todd Rusk, Associate Director of EnergySense Resilience Center
Andrew MacCalla, Co-Founder and CEO of Collective Energy
Damon Taugher | Vice President, Operations and Partnerships, Collective Energy
Damon serves as Vice President of Operations & Partnerships at Collective Energy, working with more than 400 health centers nationwide to develop solar microgrids.
Damon has worked with health centers for over 20 years. Damon began his career at nonprofit Direct Relief in 2003 after graduating with honors from the University of California Los Angeles. He went on to found Direct Relief’s U.S.-based work, supporting health centers and other nonprofit medical providers, which became the first nonprofit organization licensed to distribute prescription medicines to all 50 states. That program raised over $100 million in grants and operating funds and distributed over $1 billion in medical aid.
