Alex Pratt

As the lead consultant for the Mass Save program, AIE demonstrates its commitment not only to the program itself but also the needs of EJ communities. AIE continuously elevates the needs of EJ communities to program sponsors, and has earned our trust time and again in pushing for changes that will help us serve all of our residents. It’s not hard to imagine how another organization with the same contract but different values might dismiss, delay, or otherwise “phone in” the work of bringing feedback to their client and making changes to the program. With AIE, I know we have a partner that cares and leads on the values and needs of my community.When bringing together municipalities and other participants to share ideas, AIE focuses on outreach to people who are low income, BIPOC, renters, immigrants, or otherwise underserved by existing programs. AIE pushes communities to develop thorough strategies to serve these residents, and elevates best practices being developed so that others can learn from them. For example, our City’s translation efforts while canvassing were highlighted and later adopted by other communities because AIE prioritized the issue for the whole cohort. As the lead consultant for Mass Save and as a values-based sustainability and environmental justice organization, AIE walks the walk by working with cities and towns to make improvements to the Mass Save program that will help remove barriers to access to the programs. This includes pushing the utility companies/ program sponsors to allow for alternative vendors for the low-income program, which has allowed us to serve far more low income residents than were being served previously.