The 2018 Community Power State Scorecard
Each year, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance provides a score for each state’s energy policies based on how they help...
Each year, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance provides a score for each state’s energy policies based on how they help...
For this milestone 200th episode, John Farrell reflects on 10 years of making the Local Energy Rules podcast, shares what...
This report explores the opportunity of community renewable energy to enable energy democracy, examining the benefits and barriers, barrier-busting policies,...
Browse the Report Introduction What is Energy Storage? Empowering Local Energy Community Solar and Storage Removing Barriers to Storage Supporting...
This report details eight practical energy policies cities can and have used to their economic advantage… Read More
John Farrell explains five alternatives to a public power takeover that can still advance a community’s clean energy and environmental...
Mari Hernandez explains why we need transparent and efficient interconnection standards, how the regulatory landscape can adapt to new technologies,...
The U.S. vehicle market will undergo a massive technology disruption from electric vehicles in the coming decades. Many analysts see...
In 2018, numerous states, utilities, and cities made big resolutions to shift to 100 percent clean energy. In a special...
Haley Havens explains the ways that states can advance equity through their clean energy standards and how Minnesota’s 2023 standard...
In this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Jessica Tovar, Coordinator of the East...
In this episode of our Voices of 100% series from Local Energy Rules, host John Farrell asks Lissa Ray (climate...
More than 100 U.S. cities have now set ambitious commitments to transition to renewable energy, but how are they working...
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guests Crystal Huang and Al Weinrub discuss...
On this rebroadcast of the Building Local Power podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Denise Fairchild. The two discuss energy...
Across the U.S., over 80 cities have made commitments to transition to 100 percent renewable energy. As the largest such...
More than 100 U.S. cities have now set ambitious commitments to transition to renewable energy, but how are they making...
In this May 2019 interview, ILSR’s Director of Energy Democracy John Farrell, and Ingrid Vila – an engineer and director...
Local Energy Rules is a biweekly podcast about monopoly power, energy democracy, and how communities can take charge to transform...
Over 100 U.S. cities have now set goals to transition to 100 percent renewable energy. In a new episode of...