Find out which states most improved the energy policies tracked on our 2026 Community Power Scorecard, and which states backslid the most.
ILSR’s annual scorecard shows which states have the best policies for giving communities control over their electricity and protection from utility abuses.
Solar is ready. Thanks to utilities, the rules to connect it to the grid aren't.
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 state policies that help or hinder local clean energy action.
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.
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...
Mari Hernandez explains why we need transparent and efficient interconnection standards, how the regulatory landscape can adapt to new technologies, and where IREC’s Freeing the...
Sky Stanfield discusses how good interconnection policy and proactive grid planning can capitalize on existing distribution infrastructure for the most cost-effective clean energy transition.… Read...
How and why private utilities make interconnection — connecting clean energy to the grid — so difficult, and policies to make it easier.
Justin Baca and David Gahl discuss how an information gap trips up small solar developers. They also explain their letter to the U.S. Energy Information...
In these comments filed to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, ILSR notes some improvements in Xcel Energy’s hosting capacity map and points to issues that...
A new report shows how electric utilities and policymakers are creating unexpected delays and added costs for solar projects and slowing the growth of local...
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...
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell and guest Yochi Zakai discuss utility hosting capacity analysis and how publicly shared...