Energy Communities Alliance is the organization of local governments that are adjacent to or impacted by Department of Energy (DOE) activities. Our board members include elected officials and administrators from local governments impacted by DOE.

ECA's mission is to bring together local government officials in Department of Energy-impacted communities to share information, establish policy positions, and advocate community interests in order to effectively address an increasingly complex set of environmental, regulatory, and economic development needs.

The Politics of Cleanup This new ECA report offers recommendations to accelerate complex federal environmental cleanups and identifies lessons learned that can apply to all federal facility sites.  View the press release and download the report (4MB) or executive summary (1MB).

ECA Bulletin: June 2009  Articles include:   Another Year of Funding for DOE/NNSA ECA Creates Energy Parks Subcommittee Nuclear Waste Recycling - The Difference Between Reprocessing and Recycling 10,000 New Workers Needed in the Next Decade to Support Nuclear Expansion Around the Savannah River Site Three New GAO Reports House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Advances Fill to Authorize National Environmental Research Parks Secretary Chu Testifies before the House Appropriations Subcommittee June 2009 ECA Bulletin