Building on the highly acclaimed 2009 report of the same name, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance has launched Energy Self-Reliant States, a new website to provide expert...
States can slash rooftop solar costs with instant permits and remote visits.
How self-sufficient in energy generation could states be if they relied only on their own renewable resources? In November 2008, ILSR began to address this...
Available Now – Energy Self-Reliant States 2ed (also new wind estimates May 2010) How self-sufficient in energy generation could states be if they relied only...
In 2018, numerous states, utilities, and cities made big resolutions to shift to 100 percent clean energy. In a special New Year’s episode of Local...
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...
On the one hand: Sky-high electricity prices. A 20th century electricity system burning fuel oil and controlled by large monopoly electric utilities. A proposed utility...
ILSR Senior Researcher John Farrell launched the Energy Self-Reliant States blog in late 2010 to provide hard data and analysis on the economic and political...
In this May 2019 interview, ILSR’s Director of Energy Democracy John Farrell, and Ingrid Vila; an engineer and director of Cambio, a Puerto Rico based...
Five years ago, I launched ILSR’s first program blog, Energy Self-Reliant States, to provide regular analysis and perspective on the opportunities to enrich local economies...
Palin’s Self-Reliant Image of Alaska Is Bogus By David Morris, originally published in Alternet, September 15, 2008 In her latest comment on the “Bridge to...
Communities all over the country are finding ways to break the macro barriers to microgrids. As we flip from a top-down to bottom-up grid management...
How much energy could be generated by states tapping into internal renewable resources? This November 2008 report by David Morris and John Farrell presents preliminary...
For this Voices of 100% episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell talks with Brandon Coan and Gretchen Milliken about Louisville, Ky.
There are a lot of stories on residential rooftop solar but few if any on what cities are doing to make themselves energy self-reliant by...