About Common Charge.

We’re a coalition of innovators built to put the power—literally—back in the people’s hands by creating a reliable energy system that works for everyone, everywhere.

Our mission is to break the status quo.

It's time to recast our antiquated energy system. Common Charge exists to unlock energy solutions for every American—where grid reliability is paramount and affordability is key. It’s time to challenge outdated energy systems and expand access to distributed assets that benefit all ratepayers. Now you hold the power—not just to use energy, but to shape it.

The impact isn’t hypothetical. It’s happening now.

1 GW

Grid-relief capactiy.

California’s Demand-Side Grid Support program delivered over a gigawatt of relief through four major events, including heatwaves, in 2025. Networked home batteries supplied more than 700 megawatts of total capacity, helping to prevent outages and keep the lights on.

50 MW

Provided in peak demand.

More than 81,000 Puerto Ricans joined the Customer Battery Energy Sharing pilot—sending nearly 50 megawatts of power back to the grid during peak demand almost every day in the summer of 2025. When a natural gas plant unexpectedly tripped offline, home batteries were called on to prevent an island-wide blackout.

$100M+

Savings in 2024.

Behind-the-meter solar helped keep the lights on for thousands of homes and saved all ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars during summer heatwaves in New England. While New York delivered 6 gigawatts of distributed solar early and under budget in 2024, saving customers millions on energy bills.

500,000

Homes  powered.

During the 2017 coast-to-coast solar eclipse, Nest users each received a quick text asking them to lower their thermostats—and they did. That small action reduced grid strain by 750 megawatts, equal to powering 500,000 homes.

We’re not your average energy coalition.

Change calls for collective action. When it comes to fixing our energy system, no one gets left out. Common Charge brings together a diverse coalition of doers—advocates, organizations, policymakers, nonprofits, and consumers—to create a stronger, more affordable future that can be powered from everywhere.

Our perspectives and expertise are broad, but we are united by a shared cause: to unlock consumer power and champion solutions that support families, businesses, and communities.

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You're in good company.

Mary Rafferty

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COMMON CHARGE

Mary Rafferty is a strategic climate campaigner, seasoned coalition facilitator and proven organizational builder with nearly twenty years of experience. For the last decade, she has served as the Executive Director of Virginia Conservation Network, where she grew the organization into a diverse coalition of over 160 conservation partners working together to advance historic climate, clean water, transportation and environmental justice policy.  

Before joining VCN, Mary worked with Environment America and the Public Interest Network running political and conservation field campaigns. She got her start as a grassroots organizer with the Sierra Club and Green Corps. Mary graduated summa cum laude from the University of San Francisco. She currently lives in Rhode Island and is the proud mom of two elementary school boys.

What even is a distributed asset?

You’re about to find out. Learn how distributed assets work, why they matter, and the ways they’re unlocking real control, reliability, and economic freedom for all ratepayers—even those who don’t own any.

Distributed Assets 101