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.
ILSR’s annual scorecard surveys a suite of 18 state-level policies that help or hinder local clean energy action.
A study found California's rooftop solar saved non-solar customers over $1 billion in 2024, rebutting the utility industry's "cost-shift" myth.
Interviews with solar installers show how inconsistent and resource-intensive local government permitting processes make it harder for Minnesotans to go solar.
Jani Hale and Liz Veazy from Solar United Neighbors explain how the Solar Help Desk aids consumers and how the group organizes people to fight...
Toyah Callahan and Zach Greene discuss how the SolSmart technical assistance platform supports local governments as they streamline their solar permitting, inspection, and zoning processes,...
Tim Hade and Leah Stokes discuss how, through the coordination of a virtual power plant, distributed energy generation and storage will provide resilient and affordable...
The bill improves local rooftop solar permitting, addresses interconnection barriers, and provides sustained funding for solar incentive programs that include incentives for low income Minnesotans.
How much of the U.S. solar fleet is made up of smaller, distributed sources that help communities build local wealth? This 2023 update examines the...
Dorrie Bruggemann and Bill Powers discuss how a publicly-owned San Diego electric utility would be more supportive of distributed solar, offer lower rates thanks to...
Charlie Fisher discusses the upcoming Salt River Project election and how clean energy advocates could flip the public utility's board and reverse anti-solar and anti-democratic...
In this 30 minute presentation to the Just Solar Coalition, Timothy Den-Herder Thomas and John Farrell explain the benefits of distributed solar, why utility companies...
Electric utilities recently admitted that they often misrepresent the cost of solar energy to serve their own profit interests.… Read More