EJII Wisconsin | Walnut Way

We Need Everyone: Healthy Homes, Lower Bills, Connected Blocks

Both Walnut Way Conservation Corp. and the Wisconsin Environmental Justice & Infrastructure Initiative (EJII) work together to turn healthy homes, base‑building, and policy advocacy into real power for communities. Walnut Way continues to convene and model neighborhood‑led change, while EJII’s emerging leadership is expanding that work across Wisconsin—supporting new local groups, centering people of color, and advancing environmental justice, social equity, and consumer rights in decisions about energy, infrastructure, and climate.

THE WEBB

“Introducing WEBB, a new initiative that expands our work in environmental justice, broadband, and clean energy across Wisconsin. Learn more and watch the conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/live/duQvshOgaJo?si=SQaWTDcs2ktkR5Bl.”

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Turning Energy Burden Into Energy Power: Walnut Way vs. the Old Rules
For a long time, no neighborhood‑based group in Milwaukee was intervening in utility rate and infrastructure cases, even though those cases were quietly shaping people’s bills, homes, and health. Walnut Way stepped in when others were not in the room, taking on multiple complex dockets at once and learning a system that had been built for utilities, big customers, and lawyers—not for residents in drafty houses facing shutoff notices. Against that backdrop, the intervenor support cases 1‑IC‑569 and 1‑IC‑577 became a major victory. They secured funding so that community participation in cases like 6630‑CG‑140 and 6630‑TE‑113 was not just symbolic, but backed by legal and technical muscle, with Walnut Way still leading from lived experience. These wins proved that a neighborhood organization could both carry its community’s stories and unlock the resources needed to fight on equal footing, opening the door for other frontline groups to follow.