Energy is the key to improving quality of life, yet approximately 1.2 billion people across the globe lack access to clean, reliable electricity. Distributed, renewable energy solutions empower underserved and impoverished communities—both literally and figuratively—while they reduce the use of fossil fuels and mitigate the effects of climate change. Many economists agree that in the coming years great wealth creation will emerge from these 1.2 billion people who will ascend to middle class status. But ImpactPPA believes that this can only happen if they are given access to energy.