Organizations Archive - 1.5°Climate Strategies Group

Southwest Energy Efficiency Project

$83,706 Raised | $8,147 Match Remaining

SWEEP works to achieve a healthy, equitable, and low carbon future in the Southwest United States. A priority campaign for the organization in 2025 is securing a fully decarbonized electric grid in Colorado as quickly as possible. Locking in statute a “100% clean energy by 2040” policy for all Colorado utilities would establish a much-needed beachhead of climate leadership in the Interior West, pushing back against federal headwinds and generating momentum for the state’s next governor in 2026. To overcome utility opposition and ensure success, SWEEP needs additional resources for advocacy and paid communications.

Geography: Colorado

Funding Type: c3

Contact: Elise Jones, Executive Director

Presentation Date: 01/14/2025

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| State Climate Action

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Chesapeake Climate Action Network

$61,000 Raised | $19,500 Match Remaining

Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund (CCAN AF) is committed to advancing public policies that fight climate change across their region and beyond. Their Maryland team is working diligently to maintain Maryland's leadership as a national champion maintaining a steady pace in greenhouse gas emissions reductions, clean energy investments, and dedicated climate funding. Right now, CCAN AF is leading the advocacy for a state policy initiative: the Abundant, Affordable Clean Energy Act. This bill codifies clean energy solutions that will help ease Maryland's resource adequacy concerns and proposes ratepayer protections that will lower utility bills.

Geography: Maryland

Funding Type: c4c3

Contact: Brittany Baker, Maryland Director

Presentation Date: 01/14/2025

Powering Up the Deployment Decade

| State Climate Action

| Messaging & Paid Media

| Field Programs

| Lobbying