Energy Communities Spotlights

Since 2021, the Energy Communities IWG and member agencies have made historic investments in America’s coal, oil and gas, and power plant communities. These spotlights highlight the positive impact of federal funding and direct engagement with the country’s energy communities to spur economic revitalization, improve critical infrastructure, clean-up legacy pollution and support energy workers. We also encourage you to share your story with us.

Recent Spotlights

TerraPower Nuclear Plant

Image Courtesy of TerraPowerTerraPower broke ground on its Natrium reactor near a retired coal plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming, in June 2024. Natrium will be the first commercial reactor in the state of Wyoming and one of the first advanced reactors to operate in the United States, expanding the state’s already impressive energy portfolio.The project will...

Gurney’s Bend Panel

Images from Council of State Community Development Agencies (COSCDA)The housing-education pipeline is being reimagined in the small town of Hazard, Kentucky. Gurney’s Bend — a partnership between the Housing Development Alliance (HDA) and the city of Hazard, Kentucky — brings 15 single-family affordable houses to a city that had not seen a new development in 50 years.Located in eastern Kentucky, #2 in the Energy Communities IWG’s top 25...

The Wilds

The Wilds, a nonprofit animal conservation center located in Cumberland, Ohio, is building a 60-acre recreational vehicle campground funded by a $2 million American Rescue Plan grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) and $3.5 million from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), Ohio Department of Natural...

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