Highlighting Local Energy Rules podcast interviews with community leaders who overcame barriers to local ownership of clean energy.
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...
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.
"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...
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...
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...
The decisions of state legislatures have big consequences for how communities drive clean energy access and hold utilities accountable. This post breaks down how the...
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...
Michael Murray explains the many capabilities of smart meters, his critique of a Rhode Island utility proposal to expand advanced metering, and how state and...
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...
Chris Rauscher explains the benefits of coordinating distributed energy resources, how residential solar and storage customers have saved their neighbors from blackouts, and why every...
Pouya Najmaie discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Minnesota’s community solar program, its many regulatory and legislative changes over the years, and how utility Xcel...
