Help Us Fight the Climate Catastrophe before the year ends.  Goal: $40,000. 

The very recent extreme cold and the far more numerous episodes of extreme heat we experienced in 2022 are all symptoms of the same challenge to our planet. This is the multi-facited challenge our team is facing head on.

Winter Storm Elliot just gave us: "America faces coldest Christmas in modern memory"

"As the blast of Arctic air that fueled a continent-wide storm descended upon Denver this week, temperatures dropped by 70 degrees in less than 18 hours, from a mild mid-winter day to the coldest temperatures registered in over three decades.

 "Winter Storm Elliott stretched from the Pacific Northwest to bring freezing rain, temperatures and snow to the entire country, sparing only a corner of the Southwest, where the sun shone as per usual.

 "At one point on Friday, almost three quarters of the US population was under some form of winter weather warning or advisory according to the National Weather Service. Thousands of flights have been cancelled, millions are without power, at least a dozen people have died in connection with the winter system and most people are focused on digging out or hunkering down for the holiday weekend that promises to be a memorable one.

'In covering climate over the past two decades, this is an emerging pattern I’ve noticed. Phrases like “historic,” “once-in-a-generation,” or even “hundred year event” have started to carry less weight when used to describe individual weather events.' https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2022/12/24/why-winter-storm-elliott-is-more-new-normal-than-once-in-a-generation/?sh=59d2f3fe38b2

The following was the message I sent to you four weeks ago.. on Giving Tuesday, Nov 29.  Sadly, this is not news, but it is more urgent now and perhaps has found you with us unprepared and vulnerable once again.  Please act now before the end of the year and make a tax-deductible donation THIS YEAR to a UNIQUELY QUALIFIED team that has KEY tools that CAN TRULY SUBSTANTIALLY AMELIORATE THIS PROBLEM.

There’s no denying it, 2022 has been a year of climate catastrophe. From record-shattering heat this summer to hurricanes battering coastal and island communities this fall, we are feeling the effects of the climate crisis more than ever. It’s clear: Time is running out to save our planet. 

Find the Donate Link at our website:  ProRate.Energy

But here’s the good news: ProRate Energy's Tiny Network of Tireless Experts and advocates – including you! – has been hard at work.

From 
* Combating expensive and hardly useful recommendations to spend $ billions to build dubiously useful electricity infrastructure
* Recommending a top notch way to fund community solar
* Solving reliability and resilience in an integrated fashion
* Providing means to build tens of thousands of microgrids in New Orleans
* Solving the Net Energy Metering problem
* Showing how a Top-Notch electricity rate design can overcome a poorly designed or implemented building code can nevertheless result in A+ energy efficiency retrofits
* Accomplishing this all at net negative costs to all electricity ratepayers.
AND 
* All the while engaging the marketplace to slow down climate change.

Even the IRS endorsed us by recently granted us Non Profit status.

ProRate is focused upon "THINKING GLOBALLY AND ACTING LOCALLY"...

ProRate Energy and its predecessor groups volunteers have done all this for more than 1/2 a decade with negligible funding... but imagine what we could do if we could operate with $40,000/yr, i.e., very modest budget. 

We work in the Greater New Orleans area, i.e., in and with frontline communities, everything you do is critical to achieving the safe and sustainable future we all deserve. You know what we know: we still have an opportunity to turn things around if we act now. That’s why we’re asking you specifically for your advance support this Giving Tuesday.   

Your bold climate action is the heart of our movement, so we’re reaching out to you early to ensure you get the chance to provide your impact at this key moment. Will you donate $25 or more now to power our movement forward?

Find the Donate Link at our website:  ProRate.Energy

With your support, we can continue our shared work to stop the climate crisis – and fight for a sustainable future for all. If we meet our Giving Tuesday goal,  to mobilize communities and achieve a clean energy future. 

But we can’t keep up our momentum without you. That’s why we’re sharing this special match opportunity with you. So please, for this Giving Tuesday, will you help us reach our $40,000 goal. 

Myron Katz,
Vice President
ProRate.Energy
New Orleans, Louisiana

PS. If you are not in a position to give this year, we completely understand! Another way you can support our work is by setting up a Facebook fundraiser for ProRate Energy.