ILSR Submits Comments to Strengthen Proposed Merger Guidelines

Date: 19 Sep 2023 | posted in: Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

ILSR submitted an in-depth comment letter applauding the FTC and DOJ for the significant changes contained in the agencies’ Draft Merger Guidelines and suggesting ways the agencies should amend their draft guidelines to better discern and block harmful mergers, promote a decentralized economy, safeguard American liberty, and fulfill the aims of the antitrust laws enacted by Congress.… Read More

Municipal Broadband Restrictions Interfere with State BEAD Plans

Date: 14 Sep 2023 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

One major barrier to providing universal access to fast, reliable and affordable Internet service–long recognized by ILSR, telecom experts, and a growing number of ordinary citizens–are the monopoly-friendly preemption laws that either outright ban or erect insurmountable barriers to municipal broadband.… Read More

Don’t Follow California’s Lead on Rooftop Solar — Episode 192 of Local Energy Rules

Date: 13 Sep 2023 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Sachu Constantine explains the obstacles and opportunities arising for the electric grid as customers become generators and what California got wrong in its 2022 net metering decision.… Read More

Why the Antitrust Revolution is Likely To Last

Date: 7 Sep 2023 | posted in: agriculture, Retail | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Stacy Mitchell explains why this pivotal moment in antitrust can last beyond its current leaders at our enforcement agencies. Her piece is part of a series of two dozen essays on the state of the U.S. revolution in antitrust, published by The Journal of Antitrust Enforcement.… Read More

Compost at Home! ¡Taller del Compostaje Casero! Sign Up for Free, Virtual Home Composting Workshops

Date: 30 Aug 2023 | posted in: Composting | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

There’s never been a better time for home composting. Sign up for one of our 1-hour virtual home composting workshops this September. One workshop is offered in Spanish.… Read More

The Anti-Competitive Tricks up Utility Sleeves — Episode 191 of Local Energy Rules

Date: 30 Aug 2023 | posted in: Energy, Energy Self Reliant States | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Seth Handy explains how utilities have, through loopholes in federal guidance and friends on public regulatory bodies, protected their own interests at the expense of clean energy projects.… Read More

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