# Bantam Communications

> Bantam Communications is a Charlottesville-based public affairs firm that helps advanced-energy developers, investors, coalitions, philanthropies, and nonprofits navigate the human side of infrastructure: local politics, public trust, stakeholder relationships, and permitting. Its differentiator is an unusually operational blend of campaign strategy, field organizing, research, paid and earned media, creative work, and BantamOne, a proprietary campaign command center that centralizes project and stakeholder intelligence.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Charlottesville, United States
- **Founders:** Natasha Kalergis Healey (Founder and CEO)
- **Team size:** LinkedIn lists 11-50 employees; a March 2025 company white paper stated 27 full-time professionals.
- **Products:** Strategic campaign development, Project strategy and planning, Research and intelligence, Community engagement and public affairs, Media, advocacy, and creative
- **Notable:** Says it has supported gigawatts of wind, solar, and battery-storage development across 30 states., Its battery-storage field guide draws on lessons from more than 6 GW of projects in 22 states., A Noble County, Indiana campaign defeated a proposed solar moratorium 2-1 after supporters outnumbered opponents two to one.

## Products & services

- **Strategic campaign development** — Milestone-led campaign strategy, social-risk assessment, portfolio auditing, project management, competitive intelligence, and progress reporting.
- **Project strategy and planning** — Permitting-pathway analysis, political and ordinance research, siting intelligence, early-engagement frameworks, and cross-functional coordination.
- **Research and intelligence** — Power mapping, stakeholder analysis, community profiles, opposition research, and state or regional energy intelligence.
- **Community engagement and public affairs** — Local ambassador programs, coalition building, canvassing, public-hearing strategy, nonprofit engagement, field organizing, and stakeholder mobilization.
- **Media, advocacy, and creative** — Earned and paid media, digital organizing, crisis support, video and OTT campaigns, direct mail, brand development, websites, and campaign materials.
- **Data and analytics** — Public-opinion research, audience insights, predictive models, campaign measurement, and lead-generation analytics.
- **BantamOne** — A proprietary campaign command center with project dashboards, stakeholder CRM, advocacy and opposition databases, task tracking, supporter whip counts, case studies, and the AI-powered PowerPal research assistant.

## Achievements

- Says it has supported gigawatts of wind, solar, and battery-storage development across 30 states.
- Its battery-storage field guide draws on lessons from more than 6 GW of projects in 22 states.
- A Noble County, Indiana campaign defeated a proposed solar moratorium 2-1 after supporters outnumbered opponents two to one.
- A listening-first canvassing program in southwestern Colorado engaged nearly 5,000 residents before officials unanimously lifted a solar moratorium and adopted a workable ordinance.
- A rural Indiana digital persuasion campaign identified 214,000 persuadable residents; a historically resistant audience became three times more likely to take a supportive action.
- Early engagement with a Midwestern fire department helped a battery-storage project secure unanimous approval.
- Between 2023 and 2025, Brunswick County, Virginia approved ten utility-scale solar projects totaling more than 2,000 MW with no denials in an environment shaped by early local organizing described in Bantam's case study.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Bantam's public updates continue to analyze advanced-energy deployment issues including geothermal economics, data-center power demand, state permitting, transmission, and renewable-energy policy.
- **2026-02** — A case study described a listening-first campaign that engaged nearly 5,000 residents before a southwestern Colorado county unanimously lifted a utility-scale solar moratorium.
- **2025-07** — The company updated its privacy policy and published an expanded website positioning Bantam as a specialized public affairs firm for advanced-energy infrastructure.
- **2025-03** — Bantam published a white paper arguing for bipartisan, state-level renewable-energy coalitions, highlighting Missouri, Nebraska, and Wisconsin.
- **2025-01** — In Noble County, Indiana, Bantam helped organize opposition to a proposed solar moratorium; the measure failed 2-1.

## Links

- Website: https://www.bantamcommunications.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bantam-communications
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmAvMqIe3rrfBAytXjNW0lQ

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Last updated: 2026-09-19