ILSR’s blockbuster report exposes investor-owned utilities as an abusive monopoly harming our communities, climate, and democracy.
The bill improves local rooftop solar permitting, addresses interconnection barriers, and provides sustained funding for solar incentive programs that include incentives for low income Minnesotans.
Energy democracy implies an energy system that is democratic, where decisions are made by the users of energy.
In this 15 minute presentation for 350.org’s Utilities Public Education Session, John Farrell explains how ILSR’s Community Power Scorecard, Community Power Map, and other resources...
Prairie Island community members and experts explain how powerful players allowed a nuclear plant to be built less than 700 yards away from the Native...
How Prairie Island Indian Community resisted the nuclear waste generated and stored less than 700 yards away.
How much of the U.S. solar fleet is made up of smaller, distributed sources that help communities build local wealth? This 2023 update examines the...
Mariel Nanasi discusses New Energy Economy’s efforts before lawmakers, regulators, and courts to protect consumers from the nefarious plans of New Mexico’s investor-owned utilities.
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,...
Christina Hollenback and Joseph McNeil discuss how SAGE Development Authority has created a model for community-led wind development and why community ownership is so important...
Gregory Woodring discusses the ways that investor-owned utility DTE Energy has failed Ann Arbor customers and how the city could take over and provide better...
The decisions of state legislatures have big consequences for how communities drive clean energy access and hold utilities accountable. This post breaks down how the...
Dorrie Bruggemann and Bill Powers discuss how a publicly-owned San Diego electric utility would be more supportive of distributed solar, offer lower rates thanks to...
4 gigawatts of new power generation capacity came online in the fourth quarter of 2023. Over eight gigawatts of this fourth quarter surge was large-scale...
Communities can do a lot to advance energy democracy, but some tools must be granted by state policy. This annual scorecard from ILSR’s Energy Democracy...