KHIC President and CEO Jerry Rickett recently spoke at an Energy Communities Interagency Working Group event, which convened financial sector leaders in New York City to discuss investment opportunities in energy communities.
The event, which was held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, was an invitation-only session featuring financial sector leaders, who participated in a roundtable focused on understanding and addressing the challenges that exist for financial institutions to invest in energy communities. The Energy Communities IWG supports energy communities and workers across the country as they navigate energy and economic transitions.
Following the private roundtable, Rickett participated in a public session with presentations highlighting the financial and public benefits of investing in energy communities, as well as keynote remarks from senior federal officials and energy community partners.
Rickett’s remarks focused on the work of KHIC to help catalyze projects in coal communities.
In addition, Sandi Curd was one of 70 local elected officials and community leaders hosted by the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and the Office of Public Engagement as part of its “Communities in Action” event series in Washington, D.C.
Curd, who is KHIC’s engagement director, heard from senior officials of the Biden administration about the impacts of the American Rescue Plan, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act on communities. Participants included local elected officials, labor leaders, businesses owners, community organizers and health-care professionals who work to leverage federal investments to create and expand opportunities for working families.