Environmental, Consumer and Housing Organizations Applaud House for Passing Legislation to Expand and Strengthen the EmPOWER Energy Efficiency Program
Bill would Promote Clean Energy and Provide New Support to Low-Income Marylanders.
Senior Director, Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy, Environment America
On staff: 2001-2003; 2005-present
B.S., Tufts University
Johanna directs strategy and staff for Environment America’s energy campaigns at the local, state and national level. In her prior positions, she led the campaign to ban smoking in all Maryland workplaces, helped stop the construction of a new nuclear reactor on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and helped build the support necessary to pass the EmPOWER Maryland Act, which set a goal of reducing the state’s per capita electricity use by 15 percent. She also currently serves on the board of Community Action Works. Johanna lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her family, where she enjoys growing dahlias, biking and the occasional game of goaltimate.
Bill would Promote Clean Energy and Provide New Support to Low-Income Marylanders.
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To save energy and reduce pollution, the Maryland General Assembly needs to update and improve EmPOWER Maryland, the state’s energy efficiency program.