Learn how public power can tackle the affordability crisis.
Sprouting from southeastern Minnesota farm country, the city of Rochester is an unassuming mini-metropolis best known for its world-famous Mayo Clinic. But the city is...
No state in America is currently doing utility regulation well. But there’s hope.
Rural electric co-op members should use this new toolkit to swap coal debt for clean, affordable energy.
The PJM power market is embroiled in a crisis where ratepayers are being gouged to line the pockets of generation owners.
Learn how this state developed a community microgrid law to enhance community resilience against power shutoffs and grid failure.
The final referendum results in May 2018 were stunningly close, with local organizers coming within three votes of advancing an effort for a municipal electric...
The Fort Collins’ ballot measure that could amend the City Charter allowing high-speed Internet to become a municipal utility moves forward after a short legal...
In an effort to clarify and strengthen state law, lawmakers in Massachusetts have introduced legislation to enhance the ability of communities to acquire electric distribution...
What if we changed monopoly utility governance to give consumers more control over utility decisions?
This report details eight practical energy policies cities can and have used to their economic advantage… Read More
The Florida Legislature removed local control of Gainesville’s century-old municipal utility, but Commissioner Bryan Eastman explains how the city plans to take it back.
In late November, the Waverly Light and Power (WLP) Board of Trustees unanimously voted to set a 20 percent renewable energy standard for the municipally-owned...
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...
The Board of Water and Power Commissioners for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) wants the municipal utility to meet their renewable...