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
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.
Max has previously interned with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, assisting the Federal Government’s goal of 100% Carbon-Free Electricity by 2030, and the Africa-Europe Foundation, a partner of the European Union and the ONE Campaign, in Brussels, Belgium on their clean energy transition partnerships.
Max graduated from American University in December, 2022 with a degree in Communications, Law, Economics, and Government (CLEG), where he was a Truman scholarship finalist and wrote his senior thesis on the evolution of the electric grid.
Cody Rogers, Film Director
At the age of 16, Cody started a media production company, Edge Studios, which focuses on creating a positive sustainable impact on the world. Cody believes that money can solve some issues, but to truly grow a movement of change, people need to be shown the root of the problem and the individuals it affects. This is the core mission for my work: to create positive sustainable impact.
His work has taken him across Central and North America capturing stories of worker exploitation in Guatemala to wildfire disasters in the Rocky Mountains. Cody’s work has been used by a number of organizations such as Rocky Mountain Conservancy, Hyatt, The CW Network, and more.
Cody’s stunning work can be seen on his website: www.codyallenrogers.com
Eli Duncan-Gilmour, Operations Director
Eli is a recent graduate of American University. He has served on his local planning board, been a political organizer for multiple election cycles, and founded a PAC to encourage young people to vote. Today, Eli is a Clean Energy Innovator Fellow with the United States Department of Energy, and is proud to be working with the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians to foster Energy Sovereignty and pursue renewable energy!
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!