The Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative (RELDI) adds legal firepower to the advocacy strategies employed by renewable energy advocates. RELDI aids individuals, community groups and advocacy organizations looking to fight back against local opposition and other repressive forces by facilitating and supporting advocacy in courtrooms, before state utility commissions, in front of local zoning boards, and in other administrative contexts for the rapid deployment of utility- and community-scale renewable energy generation, transmission, and storage. To maximize its reach and impact and further this work, RELDI will create and convene a legal assistance network, tentatively called "Clean Energy Siting Legal Assistance Partners" or "C-SLAP" to engage legal experts and deploy them to the