Meet Sad Socket

Born in 2008, Sad Socket is the Clarion award-winning face of the Galvin Electricity Initiative's public education campaign. With a look that says it all, Sad Socket was designed to help make the technical and complex issue of electricity grid improvement more understandable and compelling to decision makers and the public. Sad Socket has appeared in the pages of the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, and on websites across cyberspace, reminding Americans that the current state of the electrical grid is challenging outlets everywhere.

Since his introduction, Sad Socket has advocated for a stronger power distribution grid, discussed federal stimulus dollars, outlined smart meter benefits, responded to the presidential debates, led the charge for electricity policy reform, and given the grid some friendly holiday advice. More recently, Sad Socket became the voice of the Initiative's Twitter feed, posting under the name @PerfectPower.

Sad Socket is determined to become glad, but needs your support. Help the Initiative achieve the Perfect Power System.