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Where these decisions are made

Data centers and other large energy users are arriving in the West faster than public institutions can respond. The choices about who pays for new generation and transmission, who gets the water, and what gets built where are made in rate cases, commission dockets, legislative committees and county hearings. Those rooms are technical, and most people cannot follow what happens in them.

We read the technical record. We turn it into briefings and explainers that a board, a funder or a room full of neighbors can use. Then we help organize the action that follows.

What we do

Research and briefings

Issue assessments, leadership and donor briefings, plain language explainers and presentations. We start with one question: what decision must this material support?

Community engagement and campaigns

Stakeholder maps, listening sessions, volunteer and partner coordination, messaging and action plans tied to real hearing dates and deadlines.

Support for technical project teams

We work beside your engineers. We explain their findings, prepare community materials, run stakeholder sessions and keep a record of decisions.

Policy development and legislation drafting

Policy options memos, precedent reviews, model bill and ordinance language and testimony preparation. An attorney reviews any draft bill language before we deliver it.

Websites and social media

We build clear, simple websites and manage social media, so your research, campaigns and calls to action reach the people who need them.

Who we work with

• Advocacy nonprofits and coalitions
• Foundations and funders
• Clean energy, energy transition and data center project teams
• Local and tribal governments

Why work with us

Our founder, Jeff Edmunds, does this work today in Montana. He is an Energy Fellow with Montana Conservation Voters, where he leads data center, energy and Public Service Commission work. He is the Executive Director of Not My Bill, a Montana nonprofit focused on data center policy, ratepayer protections, water rights and transparency. He directed the Yellowstone County data center voter approval initiative. He spent five years as a Technical Product Manager at Amazon, so we know what to ask developers and utilities. He left Amazon in 2025 to focus on this work and on being a dad.

A comparison with other states can inform the approach. Local priorities, relationships and rules shape every assignment.

We do not lobby. We build the capacity that lets organizations and communities show up prepared.