A webinar sharing success stories and lessons learned from three community composting operations in rural and tribal communities.
A message from ILSR's co-directors on turning election outcomes into enduring change.
We analyzed how the 2026 midterm elections affected the balance of power between utilities and communities.
New Jersey’s community solar program guarantees bill savings and lets cities sign up whole neighborhoods. Here’s how.
Chris, Sean Gonsalves, and Sascha Meinrath dig into Vermont’s speed testing, open broadband data, Starlink’s Ukraine shutoff, and the cute mascots masking AI data grabs.
Find out which states most improved the energy policies tracked on our 2026 Community Power Scorecard, and which states backslid the most.
The RCP Grants will support community-informed social marketing campaigns and localized behavior change efforts.
On June 2, 2022, Gainesville, Florida adopted three ordinances: 210129, 200381, and 210626 to advance source separation, collection, and diversion of food waste.
How can digital equity programs escape the boom-and-bust funding cycle? Chris and Samantha Schartman of Connect Humanity explore co-investment through the Alt Funding Field Guide.
ILSR built the nation's first virtual power plant scorecard, with grades for every state on policies that pay people to support the grid at key...
Should California give up its Internet protections for federal broadband money? Chris and EFF’s Chao Jun Liu unpack Condition 50 and what’s at stake.
St. Pete public power advocates want voters, not politicians, to decide whether to dump Duke Energy.
ILSR’s annual scorecard shows which states have the best policies for giving communities control over their electricity and protection from utility abuses.
Use these five shortcuts to improve your state’s grade and ranking on the national Community Power Scorecard.
A trip to Nashville reveals where the data center fight is headed and how Big Tech's efforts to divide people are uniting an entire region.