This week in Democratic Energy: Low-income residents of Colorado county get solar. Hawaii island of Kauai hit renewable energy milestone. The growing likelihood of consumerization of energy. Featured Stories: Bringing solar to low-income residents in La Plata County by Jonathan Romeo, Durango Herald To lease or to own: simplified solar calculator by John Farrell, CleanTechnica … Read More
This week in Democratic Energy: Rooftop solar debates ramp up. Green Mountain Power CEO has advice for Wisconsin renewable proponents. Nevada’s solar policy amounts to a “bait and switch.” Featured Stories: Is Socialism what’s stopping a fair value for solar? by John Farrell, CleanTechnica Nevada’s solar bait-and-switch by Jacques Leslie, The New York Times Q&A: A … Read More
This month we featured David’s recent piece on the Two Mistakes That Obama Made That Lost the Country, as well as a recently archived interview David did on KFAI Community Radio in Minnesota discussing the history of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. Open up the January 2016 – Public Good Newsletter here or by clicking below.
In 2014, on ILSR’s 40th anniversary co-founder David Morris sat down with Siobhan Kierans and Tom O’Connell, co-hosts of TruthToTell, a weekly public affairs program on KFAI radio in Minneapolis to talk about our history, our approach and our decentralist perspective. TruthToTell Description: AIRING MONDAYS @ 9:00 a.m., TruthToTell is produced by CivicMedia/Minnesota as part of … Read More
This week in Democratic Energy: Nevada continues to draw battle lines between NV Energy/PUC and Nevada citizens. Now that the Investment Tax Credit has been extended, the pinch between policy and practice falls on the states. Community Solar “wins” in Minnesota. Featured Stories: Solar potential on public buildings in Kansas City, Minneapolis & New York City … Read More
This week in Democratic Energy: Nevada slashes Net Metering policy. Solar investment tax credit gets an extension from Congress. Midwest Energy News’ 2015 year in review focuses on the fight between utilities and everyone else. Featured Stories: Fixed charges, ‘bailouts’ and green tea: the Midwest Energy News 2015 year in review by Ken Paulman, Midwest Energy … Read More
John Farrell was recently interviewed by Barry Cinnamon for his Solar Energy Show podcast, titled “The Path to Energy Independence.” In this conversation, John and host Barry discuss the increasing availability of distributed generation of solar energy and the ways in which electric utilities are trying to keep their customers from benefitting. John argues for a change in … Read More
This week in Democratic Energy: US distributed solar capacity continues to grow. Maryland proposes growing state levels of renewable energy. Distributed generation crosses party lines in rural Nebraska. Featured Stories The North Carolina town that’s scared of solar panels, revisited by David Roberts, Vox ILSR’s distributed solar capacity quarterly update by John Farrell, CleanTechnica Rural Nebraska … Read More
This week in Democratic Energy: Tea Party leader champions solar energy in Florida. Energy fixed-charges rise in Omaha, so does the pitch of opposition. Rooftop solar reaches such a prevalence that it is now being tracked by the Energy Information Administration. Featured Stories: It’s not doomsday, but neither is ending the Solar Tax Credit good policy … Read More
