Highlighting Local Energy Rules podcast interviews with community leaders who overcame barriers to local ownership of clean energy.
Jeremy Kalin discusses the evolution of federal tax incentives for renewable energy and how the direct pay provision of the Inflation Reduction Act will deliver...
In 2010, Colorado passed the Community Solar Gardens Act, enabling its now fully-fledged community solar program. This post summarizes how the policy has evolved, including...
Over eight gigawatts of new power generation capacity went online in the first quarter of 2024 and nearly all of it was renewable: 5.5 gigawatts...
Out of the legislative fight over the nuclear plant next door, Prairie Island Indian Community is building its own net zero energy future, on part...
This quarterly update (2024 Q1) shows the community solar capacity built in nine states, with a focus on competitive state markets and projects in investor-owned...
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.
In part two of our special series, Seven Hundred Yards, we find out why the nuclear waste “temporarily” stored on Prairie Island is still there...
"If we’re serious about making clean, local electricity available to everyone, everywhere, we can’t leave the utility company abuser in charge,” says John Farrell, the...
ILSR’s blockbuster report exposes investor-owned utilities as an abusive monopoly harming our communities, climate, and democracy.
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.
In this 15 minute presentation for 350.org’s Utilities Public Education Session, John Farrell explains how ILSR’s Community Power Scorecard, Community Power Map, and other resources...
Prairie Island community members and experts explain how powerful players allowed a nuclear plant to be built less than 700 yards away from the Native...
How Prairie Island Indian Community resisted the nuclear waste generated and stored less than 700 yards away.
