Issue: Solar

From our July 2025 study with The Alliance for Climate Transition (ACT), we found that residents in the US Northeast have little familiarity with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), but are intrigued by the technology when it is framed around improved electricity reliability and lower utility bills. However, those perceptions are endangered by concerns that BESS may endanger their homes or entail high upfront installation costs.

Harmony Labs and partners set out to map Energy Transition Materials (ETM) narratives, in 9 nations and 3 domains, and experiment with communications that build support for a just energy transition.

Hart Research conducted a national survey of 1,285 registered voters from June 3-5, 2025. The survey sponsored by Climate Power assesses public reaction to the Republican budget bill’s proposed elimination of clean energy investments and tested what voters want Democrats leaders in Congress to do in response.

A dangerous House reconciliation bill puts critical clean energy gains at risk. It proposes deep cuts to renewable energy tax credits, expands fossil fuel infrastructure, and slashes support timelines for federal clean energy projects. These changes threaten to undermine community-owned initiatives, derail national efforts to combat the climate crisis and delay or cancel an estimated $14 billion worth of clean energy developments. But this moment is also a call to action—and communities are answering it.