Find out how quarterly distributed solar capacity growth compares to that of other power sectors.
Solar is ready. Thanks to utilities, the rules to connect it to the grid aren't.
A panel of experts explores the question of how to build data centers that serve their communities, rather than extract from them.
States can slash rooftop solar costs with instant permits and remote visits.
Are data centers making electric bills go up? We ask experts this and other questions about how utilities profit from Big Tech's AI boom.
Explore the latest quarterly update on community solar capacity.
A solar-powered laundromat is changing daily life on the Pine Ridge reservation.
Communities can assert their power against the big tech monopolies driving the harmful expansion of massive data centers.
Elon Musk's Colossus 1 data center in Memphis reflects a historical pattern of corporations siting polluting facilities in poor or Black neighborhoods.
In some states, 30 cents of every dollar a customer pays to their electric utility goes to the utility’s shareholders’ profits. How widespread is this...
A new Maryland law establishes a $250,000 annual grant program for on-farm organics recycling and compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue.
A proposed data center galvanizes resistance in a small West Virginia community, sparking a fight over state vs. local control.
We start at the epicenter: a once-semi-rural Northern Virginia community transformed by Big Tech’s sprawling data centers, sparking a fight for land, autonomy, and transparency.
Three ILSR staffers talked to Liberation in a Generation and The Forge about the many dimensions of fighting corporate power — and building local power.
What can we expect from a new utility-owned distributed storage program that made headlines when it was announced over 18 months ago?