Despite its pride in having the nation’s largest community solar program––shown by the massive poster on its headquarters front doors (the above photo)––Xcel Energy can...
As clean energy advocates urge retirement of fossil fuel power plants, securitization has become a billion-dollar word with huge implications for who will pay for...
Last August, a telephone cooperative and an energy cooperative in Georgia began working together to bring fiber connectivity to businesses in the small towns of...
AB 465 passed in June of 2019, establishing solar access for low-income Nevadans, disadvantaged businesses, and nonprofit organizations. This post summarizes the policy and compiles...
Community solar is available in Wisconsin to customers of Northern States Power Company, owned by Xcel Energy. This post summarizes the policy and compiles additional...
Delaware’s Community Net Metering Provisions (Order 7946) was amended in 2010 to allow virtual net metering, meaning that the owner of a renewable facility can...
This 4-day event will feature a training and field day, a tour of NYC community compost sites, and 2 days of community composters sharing their...
The influence of telecom lobbyists prevented a bill supporting publicly owned fiber networks from passing in Mississippi. … Read More
Five tours are offered to community composters as part of the 6th National Cultivating Community Composting Forum. … Read More
In today’s episode of the Community Broadband Bits podcast, we sit down with Dr. Robert Wack of Westminster, Md. for a conversation about telemedicine. …...
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for hard-to-recycle materials and products is an established management tool in the U.S., used in numerous states for mercury switches, tires,...
Xcel Energy hosts the nation’s largest community solar program. But in testimony to the legislature or comments to the media, Minnesota’s largest private monopoly utility...
Recycling is not dying although it has been severely challenged by both China’s import restrictions and a pervasive single stream system that is no longer...
Innovation today requires a high-speed Internet connection, and in rural areas, that often means a fiber optic network owned by a local government, a cooperative,...
Erie County, New York is considering deploying middle mile infrastructure in attempts to improve Internet access. … Read More