DeAndrea Salvador: How we can make energy more affordable for low-income families
DeAndrea Salvador: ¿Cómo obtener la energía más asequible para familias de bajos ingresos?
DeAndrea Salvador reshapes the way we use and engage with energy. Full bio
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at my great-grandmother's house.
en la casa de mi bisabuela.
I would dash across the floor
días de verano corría por el suelo
her only air conditioner.
su único aire acondicionado.
that that simple experience,
de que esa simple experiencia,
having to set up fake energy accounts
que intentaban falsificar
luchando por calentarse,
but to bypass the meter
más remedio que pinchar el contador
comfortable for one more day.
a su familia cómoda por un día más.
pueden echar raíces.
incidents can take root
with impossible choices.
a elecciones imposibles.
three percent of their income on energy.
gasta el 3 % de sus ingresos en energía.
and rural populations
y de bajos ingresos
of their income on energy.
el 30 % de sus ingresos en energía.
25 million people to skip meals
más de 25 millones de personas
para tener energía en sus hogares.
se convierte en una carga.
mucho más que un simple número.
than just a number.
imposibles y peligrosas:
and perilous choices:
su medicina contra la gripe,
to get her flu medicine,
between medicine and energy.
eligen entre medicina y energía.
and systemic issue.
mucho más grande y sistémico.
are disproportionately people of color,
de energía son desproporcionadamente
than their white counterparts.
que sus contrapartes blancas.
and even schoolteachers
veteranos e incluso maestros
of 37 million people a year
37 millones de personas al año
for their most basic needs.
para sus necesidades más básicas.
con cargas de alta energía
high energy burdens
like heart disease and asthma.
enfermedades cardíacas y asma.
and our pocket-sized AI,
nuestra IA tamaño bolsillo,
these systemic inequities.
para abordar estas inequidades sistémicas.
aislamiento,
microgrids and smart home technology
de hogares inteligentes
nos acercamos a la paridad de costos,
earn much more than the average American.
mucho más que el estadounidense promedio.
I founded the nonprofit RETI.
la organización sin fines de lucro RETI.
by working with communities,
de energía trabajando con las comunidades,
agencias gubernamentales por igual.
a energía renovable,
to clean energy,
y tecnología energética.
de resolver esto.
of local communities,
de las comunidades locales,
of relationships.
de las relaciones.
directamente con las comunidades
with the communities
eventos para comunidades.
and events for communities
updates to their homes
pequeñas actualizaciones en sus hogares,
and water heaters
y calentadores de agua.
la eficiencia energética.
to community solar
los barrios a la comunidad solar.
smart home research
inteligentes liderados por la comunidad
their energy bills.
a reducir sus facturas de energía.
with elected officials,
con los funcionarios electos,
of energy equity and resilience succeed,
de equidad energética y resiliencia,
de forma sostenible.
over three billion a year
tres mil millones al año
de facturas de energía.
millions of people,
a millones de personas,
a fraction of those in need.
a una fracción de los necesitados.
home-energy affordability gap,
en el costo de la energía doméstica,
por sí sola no es sostenible.
and resilience into our communities,
y resistencia en nuestras comunidades,
un acceso justo e imparcial.
reliable and affordable.
clean technology and energy efficiency
tecnología limpia y eficiencia energética.
con cargas de alta energía,
20 percent of their income --
el 20 % de sus ingresos.
que lucha para llegar a fin de mes.
who's struggling to make ends meet.
for families to use their energy savings
las familias usen sus ahorros de energía
and her neighbors,
that they had to make
que tuvieron que hacer.
on our whole community.
en toda nuestra comunidad.
to make the same impossible choices today.
tomar las mismas decisiones imposibles.
are a tremendous barrier to overcome,
son una barrera tremenda para superar,
with communities and technology,
con las comunidades y la tecnología,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
DeAndrea Salvador - Environmental justice advocateDeAndrea Salvador reshapes the way we use and engage with energy.
Why you should listen
DeAndrea Newman Salvador is an energy expert with a background in economics, an entrepreneur and a founder of two groundbreaking organizations, Renewable Energy Transition Initiative (RETI) and JouleScout. She works to create seamless integration of low-income families into a world of energy abundance.
Witnessing neighbors in her home state of North Carolina struggle to keep up with energy expenses, Salvador took action in 2013 and founded RETI, a nonprofit focused on helping low-income families sustainably reduce energy costs and gain access to cutting-edge technology. Through RETI, Salvador is partnering with Duke Energy (one of the nation's largest utilities) to launch a low- to moderate-income shared solar program in South Carolina. RETI also worked with the City of Charlotte to create a Smart Home Kick Start for the city's residents.
Furthering her mission to create energy equity in the new energy economy, Salvador founded JouleScout in 2018. JouleScout is a social enterprise focused on helping energy providers incentivize customers to use less energy at key times without sacrificing comfort, thereby ensuring grid reliability, fewer blackouts and more renewables on the grid with a cost savings to customers.
As a social entrepreneur and advocate, Salvador has been featured by The Atlantic, Fast Company, the BBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Utility Drive and the Charlotte Observer. Her own articles are published in Pacific Standard Magazine, GOOD, The Development Set, BRIGHT Magazine and on TheWeek.com.
Salvador is a TED2018 Fellow, a recipient of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte Young Alumna of the Year Award and was recognized as one of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Black Chamber of Commerce's 30 under 30. She is a member of the Mecklenburg County Air Quality Commission and sits on the Board of Directors for Youth Empowered Solutions (YES!).
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