RECENT ECA ACTIVITY
Investing in Innovation
- Financing Advanced
Nuclear Projects
Financing is key to facilitating and moving forward advanced nuclear projects and ensuring their success. Financing for these projects can come from various sources, including: Venture capital; Private Investors; Financial Institutions; Governments; and other parties.
Join ECA as we explore the key issues and solutions to today’s financing challenges, and how the financial feasibility of such projects can be improved at both the demonstration and commercialization stages of development.
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Sep. 23 - 25, 2025
Marriott Crystal Gateway | Arlington, VA
Join us for the 11th Annual National Cleanup Workshop. Hear from senior DOE leaders, local government officials, and industry leaders about DOE's cleanup priorities, the future of the workforce, and more.
Who We Are
The Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) is the only non-profit, membership organization of local governments and communities that host, are adjacent to or impacted by nuclear facilities and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) activities. We bring together local government officials to share information, establish policy positions, and promote community interests to address an increasingly complex set of constituent, environmental, regulatory, and economic development needs.
WHAT WE DO
SHARE INFORMATION
Local government officials need accurate, up-to-date information on developments in federal policies and priorities across the DOE complex. Access to information is what drive the development of workable solutions to local problems. To keep members informed, ECA offers:
Regular meetings, including Peer Exchanges across the country and the annual National Cleanup Workshop in Washington, D.C.
The ECA Bulletin, containing a legislative update, federal contracting overview, government accountability reports, inspector general reports, and coverage of significant news stories related to DOE host communities.
Regular news updates, covering current events from across the DOE complex.
Analysis of trends
ECA members benefit from insightful analysis of policies, programs, and trends within the DOE complex. ECA prepares comprehensive reports on various issues, including economic development and diversification through the reuse of DOE property, local government capabilities for long-term stewardship, contracting and acquisition reform and more.
Power in numbers
National agendas reflect local interests when community leaders speak from a common platform. ECA and its extensive membership have established long-standing relationships with key decision makers in DOE Headquarters and Congress. Through these efforts, ECA members have earned a “place at the table” that helps ensure decision makers hear their concerns. ECA advocates for its positions by:
Participating in national forums and advisory groups.
Establishing and maintaining ties with states, tribes, local governments, organized labor, and environmental groups.
Sponsoring workshops and other educational forums which provide unique opportunities for members to share experiences and exchange information.
Become a Member
ECA membership is exclusive to local governments and communities that host, are adjacent to or impacted by nuclear facilities and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) activities.
To become a member of ECA, please contact us for more information.