Our Mission

Energy Action Network (EAN) works to achieve Vermont’s climate and energy commitments in ways that create a more just, thriving, and sustainable future.

How We Work

Research and Analysis

Annual Progress Report

Each year, EAN’s Annual Progress Report for Vermont provides an in-depth analysis of where Vermont stands relative to its climate commitments and energy goals.

Read the 2025 Report

Other research and reports

EAN is dedicated to producing the highest quality research and analysis on a wide range of issues related to meeting Vermont’s energy and climate commitments.

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The Network

EAN is a diverse network of 200+ members, including non-profits, businesses, public agencies, and other organizations. EAN members work together in a collective impact framework and supported by a core staff to further the Network’s mission.

Mission and Goals

Network Action Teams

Network Action Teams bring together EAN members and public sector partners to collaborate on emerging climate and energy topics. These projects are chosen by the Network based on their potential to help Vermont rapidly, cost-effectively, and equitably reduce fossil fuels and greenhouse gas pollution.  

Network Action Teams

EAN’s History and Impact

Check out this short video for an introduction to EAN and to learn more about our history, our mission, and our work.

Latest News

Total Energy News – April 2026

Total Energy News – April 2026

Apr 9, 2026

EAN has updated our analysis of how the fossil fuel price spikes that began with the onset of war in Iran are affecting Vermont

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Contact Us

Jared Duval brings to EAN a background in non-profit management and strategic facilitation, having directed the Sierra Club’s national student and youth organization from 2005 to 2007, while also co-chairing a U.S. and Canada-wide coalition (the similarly named the Energy Action Coalition) that worked with hundreds of campuses to advance ambitious energy efficiency and renewable energy investments. More recently Jared served as Economic Development Director at the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, where he was responsible for providing business support to working lands and green economy businesses across Vermont and helped to guide millions of dollars of state and federal investments in sustainable economic development via the Northern Border Regional Commission, the Working Lands Enterprise Initiative, and the Clean Energy Development Fund. Part of the ninth generation of his family to call Vermont home, Jared grew up in the Upper Connecticut River Valley and now lives in Montpelier with his wife, the Rev. Joan Javier-Duval and their five-year old son, Liam. Locally, he serves as Vice Chair of the Montpelier Energy Advisory Committee. He also serves as Co-Chair of the Clean Energy Development Fund and is a Board member of both the Orton Family Foundation and the Public Assets Institute. Before moving back to Vermont, Jared was an author and Fellow with Demos, the New York based think tank. His first book, Next Generation Democracy: What the Open Source Revolution Means for Power, Politics, and Change, was published by Bloomsbury in 2010. He was also a contributor to the book A Renewable World: Policies, Practices & Technologies. Jared holds degrees from Princeton University – Woodrow Wilson School (Master in Public Affairs – Domestic Policy, 2014), University of Cambridge (MPhil, Modern Society and Global Transformations, 2012), and Wheaton College, Massachusetts (Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude – Economics and Political Science, 2005.

Jared Duval

Executive Director
802‑829‑7421

Cara Robechek

Deputy Director & Network Manager
802-552-8450

Luke Miller

Data Manager & Research Analyst
201-400-3723