Message from our Executive Director
This message is one of gratitude and deep appreciation for the teachers, students, sponsors, and partners with whom our team gets to work each year. Our work is exciting,…
Read MoreBoard of Directors & Staff
Board of Directors Chairman Maggie Downey, Administrator, Cape Light Compact, JPE Vice Chairman Wayne Yonkelowitz, Educator (ret) Secretary John Weiner, U.S. Energy Information Administration (ret) Treasurer Reta White, Mid-Atlantic Dam…
Read MoreNEED Conferences
Empower Energy Education Workshop June 2023 In 2017, NEED partnered with PowerSouth to launch the EMPOWER program. The Energy Education Workshop provides an exciting opportunity to learn about electricity generation…
Read MoreFinancials
2022 Expenses $2,201,317 Workshops & Conferences $987,926 Program Administration $904,801 Kits & Materials $846,149 Scholarships $364,590 Youth Awards $312,592 Curriculum Development $200,839 Training Conferences $149,520 Program Development $117,184 Fundraising Initiatives…
Read MoreTeacher Advisory Board
Constance Beatty, Kankakee, IL La’Shree Branch, Highland, IN James M. Brown, Saratoga Springs, NY Mark Case, Randleman, NC Lisa Cephas, Philadelphia, PA Nina Corley, Galveston, TX Samantha Danielli, Oakton, VA…
Read MoreThis is NEED
NEED brings over 40 years of energy education experience nationwide. NEED has a long history of working with utilities and energy and education organizations and agencies to provide energy curriculum…
Read MoreSponsors & Partners
AES AES Clean Energy Development American Electric Power Foundation Appalachian Voices Arizona Sustainability Alliance Atlantic City Electric Baltimore Gas & Electric Berkshire Gas – Avangrid BP America Inc. Bob Moran…
Read MoreStudent Outreach
Dominion Energy Wind for Students Dominion Energy and the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation have partnered with The National Energy Development Project (NEED) for over 3 decades to offer energy education…
Read MoreEducator Workshops
NEED is expanding and evolving to best meet the needs of both teachers and students – in the classroom and beyond. Educators know that participating in NEED workshops provides them…
Read MoreYouth Energy Conference and Awards
Youth Energy Conference and Awards Since our inception in 1980, NEED encourages and rewards student leadership and innovation by sponsoring an annual Youth Awards Program for Energy Achievement. Schools participating…
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