About Us
What’s our goal? Create groundbreaking film’s that uncover the corruption in the electric grid, share the stories to address the corruption, and connect people in the growing movement for energy democracy.
What is Energy Democracy? Energy Democracy is a vision for increased public input, accountability, and an electric grid shaped by voters, not by shareholders. Across the country, public power and the fight for public power has lowered electric bills, reduced outages, and reduced harmful cancer-causing emissions that harm our people and our planet.
Much like waste collection and water supply, electricity is vital to our survival - yet in most parts of the country, we the people are forced to pay for a system we have no choice over. Its time to end rate payments without representation
Our Leadership
Max Rubin
Executive Director of EDCO
Executive Producer of Shock the Grid
As a community Advocate, Max worked on Public Service Commission filings in Washington, DC that brought attention to PEPCO’s egregious delays interconnecting low-income solar projects. The delays prevented DC residents from tapping into thousands of dollars in savings on their bills, but after the PSC investigated the findings, PEPCO was ordered to reimburse customers $800,000. As a clean energy professional, Max has supported the Biden Administrations efforts to decarbonize the federal government's electricity emissions with the White House and as a contractor for federal agencies.
Cody Rogers
Media Director of EDCO
Director, Shock the Grid
Cody is a Filmmaker, Director, Producer, Screenwriter, and Composer from Coal City, Illinois. He is known for NEXT at the Kennedy Center(2022), Maybe It's Time (2024), The Story We Wrote (2023), The Informidable Death of My Mother (2024), and Moonlight in March (2024). Rogers started his journey as a filmmaker at age 16 when he began his first production company. What started as small projects for local municipalities quickly grew to documentary work bringing him across North and Central America capturing stories from worker exploitation to climate change. Cody's work has been aired on PBS, the CW Network, and streamed on Amazon Prime. He has also collaborated with organizations such as The Kennedy Center, the National Park Service, and Hyatt among many others.
Cody’s stunning work can be seen on his website: https://www.codymcleodrogers.com
Eli Duncan-Gilmour
Executive Director of EDCO
Executive Producer of Shock the Grid
Eli serves as a United States Department of Energy Fellow working with the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI). His work with ATNI includes the publication of the ATNI Tribal Transmission Engagement Guides, the management of ATNI’s first-of-its kind Culturally Responsible Energy Siting Program, and the ATNI Energy Newsletter. Eli also co-founded OurVote USA, a national youth-voter mobilization organization in 2019 which mobilized thousands of people to vote ahead of the 2020 elections.
Building a movement takes all of us - if you’re interested in joining our team, or have questions - please submit the form on our engagement page and an EDCO team member will reach out!