State and local governments can expand solar access and slash electric bills by simplifying complex and expensive permitting processes.
Learn about actions state utility regulators and legislators can take to lower electric bills for consumers.
Communities can assert their power against the big tech monopolies driving the harmful expansion of massive data centers.
State regulators are setting utility profit rates too high, allowing utilities to overcharge customers by billions in order to overpay their investors.
Read stories from community leaders about clean energy resilience in Puerto Rico, in the aftermath of Bad Bunny's symbolic Super Bowl performance.
Climate leaders can revitalize the movement by rallying against excessive utility profits.
The Mamdani administration has a crucial opportunity to reverse New York City's affordability crisis; this ILSR policy memo suggests strategies to do so.
Small-scale solar is a fast and cost-effective way to transition the U.S. to clean energy — if utilities and policymakers get out of the way.
A message to friends and allies reflecting on David's visionary ideas, rigorous thinking, and lasting impact on movements for a just, sustainable, and democratic world.
In this webinar, climate activist Bill McKibben and a panel of energy experts discuss how powerful monopoly utilities block climate progress.
Energy Democracy Initiative Director John Farrell writes a farewell to Minnesota clean energy champion Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June 2025
A study found California's rooftop solar saved non-solar customers over $1 billion in 2024, rebutting the utility industry's "cost-shift" myth.
Interviews with solar installers show how inconsistent and resource-intensive local government permitting processes make it harder for Minnesotans to go solar.
Can we center equity in climate and clean energy policy if private utilities center shareholder equity?
ILSR's co-directors reflect on the election results and how our history as an organization informs the path forward.