Facilitating the California Energy Efficiency Coordinating Committee

Common Spark Consulting, in collaboration with Birch Road Consulting, is co-facilitating the California Energy Efficiency Coordinating Committee (CAEECC) and its working groups. Guided by equity, Common Spark builds strategy with CAEECC leadership as well as launches, strategizes, manages, and facilitates working groups. Notably, Common Spark conducted the Compensation Task Force which developed a pilot program for compensation to individuals or groups that represent historically underrepresented communities to engage with CAEECC. This Task Force met four times to develop consensus recommendations which eventually resulted in the launch of the Compensation Pilot with California Public Utilities Commission-authorized funding. Common Spark then launched a working group to align CAEECC to the adapting needs of the energy efficiency proceeding and justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion principles. The Compensation Pilot provided compensation for the time of eligible working group members.