In mid-May, Los Angeles’ Mayor announced a new climate change action plan that calls for the LA municipal utility to increase its renewable energy portfolio...
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...
Ursula Schryver describes the benefits of consumer-owned utility service and Randy Knight reports on the progress that municipalization brought to Winter Park, Fla. This is...
How can state legislatures pave the way for cities to advance clean energy and equitably address climate change?
For 100 years, most decisions about the U.S. electric grid have been made at the top by electric utilities, public regulators, and grid operators. That...
Traverse City, Michigan’s public, community-owned utility, Traverse City Light and Power is putting the finishing touches on its $14 million plan to deliver affordable fiber...
Discover how New Mexico’s community solar law can promote energy equity through inclusive ownership, fair compensation, and access for low-income households.
What happens when you combine cooperative solar ownership with a clever standardized design meant to match the scale and capacity of local communities?
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Ari Peskoe discuss how utilities have gained outsized market power by...
Discover how Rhode Island’s community solar law can promote energy equity through inclusive ownership, fair compensation, and access for low-income households.
Mark Ellis spent years as a chief economist and chief of corporate strategy for investor-owned utilities. He now testifies in support of intervenors. Here are...
Customers of four publicly-owned utilities explain some limitations of the public power model and how they are organizing to increase accountability. This is part five...
California’s Senate Bill 332 aims to address the immediate harms of the state's investor-owned utilities while also investing in a resilient future.
Baintree Electric Light Department (BELD) is partnering with Climate Energy to install and test out a 1 kW Micro-CHP (combined heat and power) systems. The...
John Coyle describes how to form a publicly-owned utility and lists the four ingredients for baking up a public takeover. This is part three in...