Forest Bradley-Wright

State and Utility Director

Forest Bradley-Wright leads ACEEE’s State & Utility Program team, which is working to advance energy efficiency policies and practices that increase economic prosperity for all, reduce our reliance on outdated fossil fuels, and accelerate our transition to a more just, reliable, and affordable clean energy future. Forest joined ACEEE in 2023.

Prior to joining ACEEE, Forest was the energy efficiency director at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and senior policy director at the Alliance for Affordable Energy in New Orleans, where he started his energy policy career in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Forest earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees at Tulane University in Latin American Studies, with a focus on environmental law, business, and international sustainable development. Forest co-founded two workforce training non-profits, Groundwork New Orleans and the Louisiana Green Corps, where he is a board member.

Authored by Forest Bradley-Wright

Bridging the Equity Gap for Utility Energy Efficiency Programs
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  • Research Report
  • Affordability and Energy Equity
  • Energy Efficiency Policy
  • Homes and Buildings
  • Utilities and the Power Sector

    • Bridging the Equity Gap for Utility Energy Efficiency Programs

    Note: This report was updated on July 31, 2026, to reflect data from Commonwealth Edison received after publication that showed additional spending on low-income efficiency programs. Resultant updates to the analysis yielded an increase in the overall average spending (of all utilities in the sample) on low-income programs in 2024. This increased the average share of budgets dedicated to programming for low-income populations to 14.1% and reduced the average “equity gap” to 13.8%; each change was less than 1 percentage point. ComEd-specific results were updated throughout. Additionally, the per-household savings data for Baltimore Gas and Electric was corrected, and that resulted in BGE no longer being listed in the top quartile of utilities in that category.

    Jul 31, 2026

    Anna Johnson, Jasmine Mah, Alex Aquino, Forest Bradley-Wright

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