A University of Michigan research team set out to envision a future without the status quo of investor-owned utilities. Here are four alternatives.
For this episode of the Voices of 100% series, host John Farrell speaks with city commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos and climate advocate Bob Tancig of Gainesville,...
This is a response to a Renewable Energy Focus article claiming that transmission is at the top of the U.S. renewable energy agenda. What would...
The three members from ILSR’s energy team engage in a riveting conversation on the biggest energy stories from 2022, including the Inflation Reduction Act’s big...
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...
What can a small city do to advance clean energy locally, if its state commissioners and legislators are not willing to take their jobs regulating...
ILSR co-founder David Morris offers a history lesson on the self-reliance framework that underpins ILSR’s work, and how that framework has evolved over the years.
As a growing number of U.S. cities make commitments to reach 100 percent renewable electricity, how can cities actually achieve these goals? In this first...
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Joe Smyth discuss barriers to democratic participation in rural electric cooperative...
The third edition of this report asks yet again: if each U.S. state took full advantage of its own renewable energy resources, would it be...
Host John Farrell, ILSR’s Energy Democracy Initiative Director is joined by Mayor Dale Ross to discuss Georgetown’s switch to renewable power.… Read More
In the wake of Hurricane Dorian, we revisit our 2018 interview with South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard – who recently used his own solar and...
In this week’s episode of Building Local Power we interview Debbie Dooley, President of Conservatives for Energy Freedom and co-founder of the Green Tea Coalition...
If each U.S. state took full advantage of its own renewable energy resources, would it be sufficient to satisfy that state’s electricity consumption? The answer,...
In a largely unheralded move last week, the Supreme Court removed an unnecessary and unpopular detour from the road to a clean energy economy, preserving...