Who We Are

Our Vision

We imagine a world where everyone benefits from electric technologies powered by clean energy, positively transforming communities and bringing new opportunities for training, jobs, and economic growth. This vision drives us towards a renewed, recharged economy that works for us all.

Our Mission

Recharge America helps strengthen communities by deploying philanthropic resources to work with local leaders, businesses, schools, and energy and transportation groups in support of initiatives that foster a home-grown clean energy future.

Helping Communities Thrive By Implementing New Clean Energy Initiatives

What happens when just one internal combustion engine car is replaced by an EV?

Each EV generates savings of almost $1,500 annually on fuel and $3,200 over a decade on maintenance. Those savings remain in household pocketbooks.

Meanwhile, local investments to support EV charging help bring energy dollars local, spurring greater hometown economic growth while community members collectively enjoy less air pollution from vehicles.

Recharge America Works to Make This All Happen

Recharge Goals by 2030

States

Communities

Corporate Leadership

850

Charge Stations

680 K

EVs on US Roads

1 M

Recharge America is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit whose goal is to promote local economic development through community-wide investments in emerging electric technologies. We focus on communities across the country that might otherwise be left behind as transportation and other areas are transformed to run on electricity and our nation’s electric infrastructure becomes smarter, more efficient, cleaner, and stronger.

Recharge America aims to ensure that the greatest possible economic, geographic, and demographic equity accompanies these changes. We facilitate collaboration among leaders in the communities we work with, including those from business, education, community-based organizations, community and family foundations, and electric utilities.

By emphasizing local involvement and careful listening, Recharge America crafts community engagement, economic development, electric transportation, and general electrification plans that tap into community assets to ensure that crucial work is completed.

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Strengthening Communities With Clean Energy

New energy technologies are revitalizing communities by enhancing sustainability, creating jobs, and fostering economic growth while reducing environmental impact.

Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power, energy-efficient buildings, electric vehicles (EVs), smart grids, and energy storage solutions are some of the key technologies driving the transition to a more sustainable energy future.

Communities that develop a shared vision for leveraging the opportunities brought by this transition stand to reap the greatest benefits.

Recharge America Participants — companies and other local leaders committed to sharing their stories – stand at the center of our work.

We help participants and the communities where they are located to share successes and create a stronger, cleaner and fairer future for all.

Strengthening Communities With Clean Energy

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New energy technologies are revitalizing communities by enhancing sustainability, creating jobs, and fostering economic growth while reducing environmental impact.

Communities that develop a shared vision for leveraging the opportunities brought by this transition stand to reap the greatest benefits.

Recharge America Participants — companies and other local leaders committed to sharing their stories – stand at the center of our work.

We help participants and the communities where they are located to share successes and create a stronger, cleaner and fairer future for all.

Commitment to Environmental Justice

Large-scale technology shifts in the past have often resulted in uneven and inequitable outcomes, disproportionately benefiting already-thriving areas while leaving rural, low-income, and underrepresented communities with negative environmental legacies.

Recharge America is helping communities secure opportunities afforded by the coming energy transition through:

Education:

Connections to training, retraining and upskilling programs to provide enough construction workers, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, solar installers, EV mechanics, HVAC technicians, and repairers to upgrade and maintain infrastructure

Innovation:

Helping communities identify new energy innovations. As one example – to make batteries smaller and longer-lasting, devise storage techniques for holding large amounts of electricity for off-peak use, and create a cyclical economy to recover precious elements for reuse

Planning:

Recharge America supports thoughtful approaches that incorporate the needs and voices of all stakeholders to ensure coming changes benefit everybody

Electricity is Power

The power and the promise of sustainable energy generation is already in our hands: electric cars, electrified homes, electric transit options.

All powered by renewable sources like solar and wind. A smart, resilient electrical grid that manages demand and can route around problem spots. Adopting these technologies and adapting our economy will Recharge America.