DOEE Awards Funding to National Housing Trust to Lead Neighborhood-Scale Energy Planning in Marshall Heights
Washington, District of Columbia (October 21, 2026) – The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment awarded funding to the National Housing Trust (NHT) for the Marshall Heights Electrification and Resilience Planning Project, to be carried out with partners Steven Winter Associates (SWA), Amidus Consulting, and Interfaith Power and Light – DC.MC.NoVA (IPL-DMV), in collaboration with Marshall Heights leadership. Through March 2028, the project will explore the potential for neighborhood-scale building electrification and clean energy technologies in Marshall Heights, identifying near-term steps to make energy more affordable for local homes and businesses.
Drawing on the expertise of NHT, SWA, Amidus, and IPL-DMV, the project will plan a practical pathway for expanding energy technologies so their benefits are accessible to the whole community. Building on the District’s ongoing electrification efforts, NHT and partners will work with residents, faith leaders, and other stakeholders to develop a coordinated plan of energy interventions that maximize energy efficiency, affordability, and resiliency benefits at the neighborhood scale. The project team will leverage technical expertise across energy efficiency and electrification, distributed energy resources, and grid-optimizing technologies to accelerate affordable energy adoption in Marshall Heights.
“NHT has spent years helping make the District’s affordable housing more energy efficient― from helping shape Pepco’s previous whole-building energy efficiency program, to working with property owners to finance and deploy solar. The Marshall Heights Electrification and Resilience Planning Project builds on that work, said Priya Jayachandran, CEO, National Housing Trust. “Our goal is to show what is possible when a whole neighborhood works together: lower energy bills, safer homes during extreme heat, and improved indoor air quality.”
“This pilot planning effort will enable us to better coordinate energy programs and think critically about the future of energy systems in the District. We look forward to working with NHT, its partners, and the Marshall Heights community to accelerate affordable and resilient energy solutions in Ward 7,” said Richard Jackson, Director of the Department of Energy and Environment.
In coming weeks, NHT and partners will work with Marshall Heights civic and faith leaders to gather feedback on project goals and introduce the project to residents and stakeholders. The project team plans to hold a series of community workshops in early 2027 to understand residents’ and community members’ priorities and concerns regarding energy affordability, health and safety, and climate resilience.
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