Clearing the Air

Exploring Charlottesville’s Clean Energy Transition

C3 is working with our partners at UVA’s Center for Community Partnerships and the Southern Environmental Law Center to discover pathways toward a clean energy future for Charlottesville Gas customers.

Read on for more on the project background and upcoming engagement opportunities!

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Community

Engagement

Two phases of engagement are being led with UVA’s Center for Community Partnerships

PHASE 2 supports community understanding of potential energy transition pathways and tradeoffs.

Review transition scenarios
Discuss community priorities
Gather reactions & questions
Inform future recommendations

Engagement Phase 1 Findings:

PHASE 1 builds a shared understanding of Charlottesville's energy future through education, outreach, and community engagement.

Community education & visualization tools
Surveys, tabling & outreach
Focus groups & interviews
Youth engagement activities
Community feedback synthesis

Engagement Phase 2 Presentation

After reviewing the Phase 2 Engagement presentation, we invite your thoughts and feedback using the form below. Please include your email if you want to receive a response, or to stay updated on any upcoming engagement opportunities!

Upcoming Events

Summer Webinar Series

Bookmark our events page below for all upcoming webinars!

Upcoming Events

This summer, we’re hosting a monthly webinar series exploring Charlottesville’s clean energy transition! Join us as we discover what actions are being taken by cities both at home in Virginia and across the country, as well as uncover opportunities and challenges unique to Charlottesville.

Introductory Webinar (June 23, 2026)

In our introductory webinar, C3 and our decarbonization study partners explored the current energy systems that fuel the Charlottesville area, examining both what has been done and what it might take to get us to a more sustainable, fair and affordable energy future (30 mins)

Ann Arbor’s Sustainable Energy Utility (July 28, 2026)

Our second webinar took a deep dive into sustainable energy utilities (SEUs) and the legal landscape for setting one up in Charlottesville, with expert advice given by Ann Arbor's Sustainable Energy Utility Executive Director Shoshannah Lenski and Director of Outreach at Ann Arbor’s Community Action Network Krystal Steward, and considering our local legal pathways with Kat King from the Southern Environmental Law Center. (60 mins)

Community Choice Aggregation in Virginia Aug 31 at 12pm

Next up: on August 31 at 12pm, Join us to build on what we learned in the July webinar on Ann Arbor’s Sustainable Utility!

In our third webinar of the series, we're joined by Ryan Freed, Climate Action Officer for City of Alexandria, and Adam Winston, Counsel at Sands Anderson PC in Richmond, to dive into another policy tool to move localities towards cleaner, more affordable energy: Community Choice Aggregation. It is already authorized in Virginia, but has not yet been put into action. Let’s talk about why it hasn't, who's investigating doing it, and what opportunities it could create!

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