Rural electric co-op members should use this new toolkit to swap coal debt for clean, affordable energy.
Learn how this state developed a community microgrid law to enhance community resilience against power shutoffs and grid failure.
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Energy efficiency and renewables represent the most promising pathway to lower energy costs for individual consumers and utilities. But limited access hinders progress. Utilities can...
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What can we expect from a new utility-owned distributed storage program that made headlines when it was announced over 18 months ago?
Learn about the recent improvements to Minnesota's community solar program and what can be done to better encourage cooperative ownership models.
How did this coal town ditch gas lines, win grants, and make municipal networked geothermal the cheapest heating option?
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What makes faith communities such attractive hosts for resilience hubs?
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell and guest Marti Frank discuss the Shift Model: an approach that uses utility...
Matt Flaherty discusses the barriers to home energy upgrades, how inclusive utility investment is a scalable solution that addresses many of these barriers, and what...
This report explores the opportunity of community renewable energy to enable energy democracy, examining the benefits and barriers, barrier-busting policies, powerful examples, and how cities...
The U.S. vehicle market will undergo a massive technology disruption from electric vehicles in the coming decades. Many analysts see the potential for surging sales...
Learn about pending Minnesota legislation to enable distributed power plants and their potential impact on energy affordability.