Environmental and Energy Study Institute

“Director of finance and executive director review form 990 before sending it to board. The board reviews form 990 prior to filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy applies to all eesi staff and board members. It is included in our employee handbook, which is distributed and signed at the beginning of employment and is signed by board members upon acceptance of appointment and annually, thereafter. After disclosure, voting members will be asked to leave the room during discussions and votes regarding affiliated interests.”

“The chairman of the board reviews and approves executive compensation in consultation with the board of directors.”

“Copies of the audited financial statements and tax status determination letter are available upon request.”

“They identified a need for policymakers to have greater access to fact-based information on energy and environmental issues. In 1988, eesi's board issued a policy declaration stating that it is a moral imperative to address climate change and that all of eesi's work should be looked at through a climate lens-a principle that continues to guide us today. Our mission is to advance science-based solutions for climate change, energy, and environmental challenges to achieve a sustainable, resilient, and equitable world. Eesi has been working with experts on the leading edge of science, technology, and policy to help share their knowledge with policymakers in congress. As an independent and trusted nonpartisan policy institution, eesi has more than 37 years of experience turning complex concepts into understandable information, inviting decision-makers from both sides of the aisle to ask questions and find solutions to one of the greatest challenges in human history, climate change. In its work, eesi conducts congressional briefings, releases white papers, and publishes web articles, videos, and newsletters. All of these resources are freely available on our website, www.eesi.org, and to email subscribers.”

“Eesi has always valued the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion as critical to fair and equitable programs and policies that advance climate solutions. Eesi's board of directors established a committee on diversity, equity, and inclusion and adopted a resolution formally establishing them as core values. Eesi strives to weave these values into our policy recommendations, technical assistance work, communications, operations, and everything else we do. We began reaching out to and building relationships with diverse schools nationwide to increase diversity among applicants for our internships. Eesi was delighted to welcome two new board members in 2020 who are contributing new expertise and diverse perspectives to eesi. Last year saw the launch of two new outreach tools: a newsletter and a podcast. The newsletter, eesi impact, replaces eesi update, which was a periodic update to eesi's friends on our work. Eesi impact serves the same purpose, but in a much more appealing format. With a greater emphasis on graphics, it is specifically designed to be a fast read, so our donors and stakeholders can quickly understand where we are devoting our resources and what results we are generating. You can subscribe for free at www.eesi.org/subscribe. Our new podcast, the climate conversation, was launched in october 2020. It is meant to move past the doom and gloom around climate change, and focus on progress, solutions, and opportunities, both on the hill and in communities throughout the united states. Twice a month, eesi staff members interview environmental, energy, and policy experts on practical, on-the-ground work that communities, companies, and governments are doing to address climate change. You can subscribe to the climate conversation on apple podcasts and google podcasts.”

“Once the resp eligibility expansion was announced, eesi quickly got the word out about the new opportunity to green banks around the country. The response was resounding: in just a few months, we helped eight green banks apply for a combined $50 million in resp funds. In particular, eesi helped a green bank submit a resp application for $10 million to help more households and small businesses in rural, underserved, and distressed communities participate in its existing energy efficiency and clean energy programs. The application also proposed a new on-bill financing program for residential solar and battery storage as part of its broader goal to deploy 50 megawatts of battery storage by the end of 2025. Usda has already given initial approval to five of these green bank applications totaling $35 million. In all, resp disbursed $104 million and made 11 loans in 2020-its biggest year to date. Eesi also encourages utilities to replace direct fossil fuel use (e.g., propane, heating oil, gasoline) with electricity in a way that reduces overall emissions and energy costs for households and businesses. This process is known as "beneficial electrification." eesi is an active member of the beneficial electrification league, a not-for-profit established by the national rural electric cooperative association (nreca) and the natural resources defense council to promote best practices to the approach. Eesi actively participates in league-hosted statewide electrification events for electric cooperatives in colorado, indiana, iowa, north carolina, and wisconsin.”

“On-bill financing project consultants: program service expenses 168,643. Management and general expenses 772. Fundraising expenses 6,862. Total expenses 176,277.”

“The processes have not changed from the prior year.”