Consumer Reports latest survey of the most popular ISPs in the U.S. once again dominated by smaller providers and community-owned broadband networks.
Imperial, Lassen, and Plumas Counties are among the first recipients of California’s $2 billion Last Mile Federal Funding Account Grant Program (FFA).
Recent efforts to expand Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum could be of significant help to local communities looking to bridge the digital divide.
With the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) now bankrupt, San Francisco is being honored for its Fiber to Housing (FTH) program.
Exploring how ILSR’s history, ongoing work, and mission intersect with the movement for racial equity.
In partnership with the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society, ILSR publishes new report on how Vermont is supercharging its digital landscape with community broadband.
Energy democracy implies an energy system that is democratic, where decisions are made by the users of energy.
How Prairie Island Indian Community resisted the nuclear waste generated and stored less than 700 yards away.
This graphic lays out the investor-owned utility model and how utilities maximize profits at the expense of their customers, use money to gain political power,...
Charlie Fisher discusses the upcoming Salt River Project election and how clean energy advocates could flip the public utility's board and reverse anti-solar and anti-democratic...
ILSR’s new report, The Rural Electric Rift, examines the struggle of electric distribution cooperatives and their members to restore local control over electricity purchasing and...
Steve Fenberg discusses Colorado’s Senate Bill 291, which changed incentives in the investor-owned utility business model to protect Colorado consumers from high fossil fuel costs...
Stacy Mitchell explains why this pivotal moment in antitrust can last beyond its current leaders at our enforcement agencies. Her piece is part of a...
Ted Thomas, former chair of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, discusses access, fairness, cost shifts, utility monopolies, and innovation in the electricity sector.
Derek Cressman and Fatima Malik, who both ran for seats on the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) board, describe the evolution of SMUD, how the...