Olivia Nedd

Building a Solar Future that Includes Everyone

Olivia Nedd serves as the Policy Director, Access & Equity Program for Vote Solar. In this role she works to support Vote Solar’s policy and regulatory work, to advance a more equitable and just clean energy future.

Prior to joining Vote Solar, Olivia worked with Florida Conservation Voters where she led a statewide campaign to bring electric school buses to low-income and communities of color.

Olivia grew up in Beacon, New York, and now lives in Palm Beach, Florida. She holds a B.A. in English and Political Science from the University of Central Florida and her Juris Doctorate from Howard University School of Law. In her free time, Olivia enjoys puzzles and spending time with her family in Antigua and Barbuda, where she is from.

In this episode Geoff and Olivia discuss real examples from Olivias work bringing clean energy conversations to people who haven't been invited to the table in the past.

Show Notes

• Vote Solar

• Florida Conservation Voters – Clean Buses

• Cleo institute south Florida – More Climate Crisis, Less Florida

• Archer Farms “An African American Community in Florida Blocked Two Proposed Solar Farms. Then the Florida Legislature Stepped In.”

• Low Income Solar

• Clean Energy States Alliance  

• Colorado Just Transition – closing coal plants  

• Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents - isabel wilkerson