Community Power Opportunity for Rural Residents
In this 10 minute presentation for the Radically Rural Summit, John Farrell explains how community choice aggregation lets cities advance local priorities and affordable electricity.… Read More
ILSR’s John Farrell Presents at the National Solar Congress
In this video, John Farrell and Shalanda Baker present their proposal for 30 Million Solar Rooftops at the National Solar Congress.… Read More
Stories of Energy Democracy Told in Taunton
In August 2019, the Director of ILSR’s Energy Democracy initiative visited Taunton, Mass., where the community is hoping their city-owned electric utility will accelerate its progress toward renewable energy. In his presentation, John Farrell shared several powerful stories of what’s possible, including the two key tenets of energy democracy: decentralized energy production and decentralized and democratic management and ownership of the system.… Read More
How City Policy Can Reduce Gas Use
In this webinar, Institute for Local Self-Reliance Energy Democracy Initiative director John Farrell is joined by Karl Rábago of the Pace Energy and Climate Center to discuss city-level strategies to reduce gas use.… Read More
Presentations from the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum
In May 2019, ILSR convened the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting (CCC) Forum in New York City. View presentations from all the panels.… Read More
Video: Accountability and Ownership Matter for Puerto Rico’s Future Grid (John Farrell presentation)
The Black Start conference in March 2019 convened on- and off-island energy experts to discuss whether Puerto Rico can overcome a colonial past for a greener grid. It happened as the island’s governor aims to privatize the (corrupt) public utility and as new legislation recently passed to require 100% renewable energy. ILSR Co-Director John Farrell presented.… Read More
Webinar: Waste Incineration: A Dirty Secret in How States Define Renewable Energy
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10 Jan 2019 |
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In a recent webinar, ILSR research associate Marie Donahue shared findings from our report, Waste Incineration: A Dirty Secret in How States Define Renewable Energy, highlighting why classifying incineration as a “renewable” form of energy is problematic. Allies from GAIA, a global anti-incineration network, and the national Energy Justice Network also presented.… Read More
Video: Solutionary Perspectives Clean Energy, Community Economy, and Energy Democracy Webinar
Earlier this summer, ILSR Energy Democracy Research Associate Marie Donahue participated in an online video series entitled Solutionary Perspectives, produced by the Backbone Campaign’s Solutionary Rails project. The recent episode “Clean Energy, Community Economy, and Energy Democracy” released last week focuses on the topic of community solar, highlighting on-the-ground examples from Maryland and key resources from ILSR.… Read More
Presentation: Iowa Town Looks to City-Owned Utility
ILSR’s Director of Energy Democracy, John Farrell, provided a presentation to a forum of Decorah Power, the local advocacy organization favoring city utility ownership to discuss several advantages from local ownership. First, there’s an abundant local wind and solar energy resource. Second, Decorah isn’t alone, and over 2,000 other cities chart their own course with municipal ownership. Finally, getting power locally returns more dollars to the local economy.… Read More