Community Environmental Council — Leading a clean energy future on the Central Coast

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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
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The Community Environmental Council (CEC) is working to rapidly move the California Central Coast to 100% efficient, clean, and renewable electricity to power our homes, businesses, and cars.

In 2023, CEC established Electrify Your Life (EYL), a free service offering personalized support and resources in Spanish and English to help make the switch to green tech solutions like electric vehicles, electric vehicle charging, solar, and home energy efficiency improvements affordable. We’ve helped more than 1,000 residents, businesses, and nonprofits stack incentives that they may not otherwise know they qualify for to save big on going electric.

Through EYL, CEC collaborates with other non-profit partner programs to amplify our collective impact. For example, CEC is a technical assistance partner for Ecology Action’s EVs for Everyone program, providing support to people looking to lease or purchase an electric vehicle. Together, we are helping income-eligible Central Coast residents access clean air vehicles through newly available funds from the Driving Clean Assistance Program. Interested individuals can fill out CEC’s EYL EV Assistance form and our team will follow up to walk them through the process.

We are proud to support Central Coast residents who want to make the switch to more affordable and cleaner energy solutions. CEC is committed to advancing clean, climate-friendly transportation in our community, and our work is made possible by the ongoing generosity of our supporters and legacy donors.

Thank you for being a part of our forward-looking community! Visit our website to learn more about our Livable World Legacy Society, and check out our latest featured donors below!

Here’s to a clean energy future,

Kat Orellana
Climate Programs Associate


FEATURED LEGACY DONORS
Dennis Allen and Jennifer Cushnie: Long Time Climate Crusaders

The Community Environmental Council (CEC) is honored to feature Dennis Allen and Jennifer Cushnie, members of CEC’s Livable World Legacy Society who have devoted much of their lives to supporting and practicing principles of sustainability, particularly around clean energy. In this Q&A, Dennis and Jennifer describe why climate action is important to them, and how they have facilitated local on-the-ground change for decades. Their story is inspiring, and makes us proud to call the California Central Coast our organizational home.

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