ILSR’s annual scorecard surveys a suite of 18 state-level policies that help or hinder local clean energy action.
Explore ILSR’s interactive map of 18 state policies that help or hinder local clean energy action.
State policymakers can make sure the clean energy boom benefits their local residents and businesses by supporting locally owned solar and wind projects.
Bracken Hendricks discusses how Working Power, a community development and financing platform, helps community-based organizations retain ownership of clean energy projects and the financial benefits...
Highlighting Local Energy Rules podcast interviews with community leaders who overcame barriers to local ownership of clean energy.
This post highlights several podcast interviews that prove when it comes to maximizing the benefits of clean energy projects, local ownership is the gold standard.
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...
Pouya Najmaie discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Minnesota’s community solar program, its many regulatory and legislative changes over the years, and how utility Xcel...
ILSR’s new report, Advantage Local: Why Local Energy Ownership Matters, breaks down how locally owned clean energy can maximize economic benefits for households and communities...
On March 7, the Arizona Corporation Commission adopted a community solar policy statement that takes into account few, if any, stakeholder suggestions. The policy has...
In this letter to the Arizona Corporation Commission, ILSR highlights community solar as a pathway to building distributed solar capacity and extending the benefits of...
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Gabriel Chan discuss how to calculate solar energy’s true value, where...
In these reply comments to the Minnesota PUC, ILSR points out that as long as the utility’s interest is to profit off of new generation...
A new report finds that deploying distributed solar energy to the equivalent of 30 million American homes would produce significant job-creation and economic benefits while...
In these comments, submitted to Minnesota utility regulators, ILSR asks that the Commission extends the residential adder: a program designed to increase residential participation in...