Ninety-nine percent of the power capacity added in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2025 was renewable.
Energy Democracy Initiative Director John Farrell writes a farewell to Minnesota clean energy champion Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated in June 2025
Discover how D.C.’s community solar law can promote energy equity through inclusive ownership, fair compensation, and access for low-income households.
Discover how Alaska’s electric co-ops and the Cook Inlet gas crisis laid the groundwork for the state’s community solar policy.
Discover how Hawaii’s community solar law can promote energy equity through inclusive ownership, fair compensation, and access for low-income households.
Discover how New Hampshire’s community solar law can promote energy equity through inclusive ownership, fair compensation, and access for low-income households.
Members of New Hampshire’s resident-owned communities save money through community solar.
Discover how Delaware's community solar law can promote energy democracy through inclusive ownership, fair compensation, and low-income access.
Discover how Connecticut's community solar law can promote energy democracy through inclusive ownership, fair compensation, and low-income access.
Discover how Alaska’s community solar law can promote energy democracy through inclusive ownership, fair compensation, and access for low-income households.
Discover how Vermont's community solar law can promote energy democracy through inclusive ownership, fair compensation, and low-income access.
How much of the U.S. solar fleet is made up of smaller, distributed sources that help communities build local wealth? This 2024 update examines the...
In Boston, a creative cooperatively-run solar developer is combining the best of Massachusetts’ equity-focused climate opportunities to distribute the benefits of the climate transition.
This post breaks down how state-level policies passed in 2024 informed ILSR’s 2025 Community Power Scorecard.
On Molokai, a Hawaiian island and community with the highest utility rates in the country, the resident-led Hoʻāhu Energy Cooperative is using its local knowledge...