Washtenaw Economic Club spotlights Ann Arbor’s renewable energy vision

November 4, 2025 Fran LeFort

WCC sign outside of ML

The Washtenaw Economic Club will explore Ann Arbor’s new approach to supplemental, community-owned, renewable energy when Shoshannah Lenski, executive director of the city’s new Sustainable Energy Utility, speaks at the Thursday, November 13, luncheon.

Lenski leads the city’s new opt-in, supplemental, 100% renewable energy municipal utility, which was approved by voters in November 2024 and officially created in April 2025.

The meeting will be at 11:30 a.m. in the Morris Lawrence Building on the Washtenaw Community College (WCC) campus, 4800 E. Huron River Drive.

Before joining the city’s new utility, Lenski held a leadership role at DTE Energy, worked for Boston Consulting Group and led a sustainability research center at the University of Michigan. She also serves as a trustee for the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum and Leslie Science & Nature Center.

Lenski earned degrees from Cornell University and the University of Michigan.

The Washtenaw Economic Club is a forum for business leaders to identify and discuss economic issues and decision-making processes for the business community.

General individual tickets may be ordered online.

 

If You Go

WHAT: Washtenaw Economic Club

TOPIC: “Ann Arbor’s Sustainable Energy Utility,” featuring keynote speaker Shoshannah Lenski

WHEN: 11:30 a.m. Thursday, November 13

WHERE: Washtenaw Community College, Morris Lawrence Building, 4800 E. Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor

HOST: Washtenaw Economic Club

TICKETS: General individual tickets may be ordered online.

 

Tags: Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Washtenaw Economic Club

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