Announcing: The Coalition for Local Internet Choice
We are excited to announce a new effort to restore and preserve local decision-making authority when it comes to public private partnerships and Internet infrastructure investment. The Coalition for...
View ArticlePresident Obama Speaks Against Barriers to Community Networks
When we started to hear rumors that the White House was investigating community owned networks, we were excited but not sure what to expect. I have to admit that seeing President Obama – the President...
View ArticleNational Press Follows President Obama to Cedar Falls, Iowa
On January 14th, President Obama visited Cedar Falls, Iowa, to share his strategy to expand high-speed connectivity to more Americans, encourage competition, and galvanize economic development. Obama’s...
View ArticleCompetition and Freedom at Stake – Episode 37 of Local Energy Rules Podcast
Incentives designed to make rooftop solar feasible for a wider range of consumers are under attack nationwide, threatening new solar development as well as the consumers that already have rooftop...
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For Rural Pinetops, Being A Gigabit Community Means Business In North Carolina
Unless you live in a rural community, you probably assume becoming a Gigabit community is all about the miracles of speed. Speed is important, but so is Internet choice, reliable service, and...
View ArticleSolar: Choice, Competition, and Clean Air
It’s simple to promote solar power as a money saver and clean alternative to fossil fuel generation. But it sells solar short to focus only on savings, when it also gives Americans the freedom to...
View ArticleAnnouncing: The Coalition for Local Internet Choice
We are excited to announce a new effort to restore and preserve local decision-making authority when it comes to public private partnerships and Internet infrastructure investment. The Coalition for...
View ArticlePresident Obama Speaks Against Barriers to Community Networks
When we started to hear rumors that the White House was investigating community owned networks, we were excited but not sure what to expect. I have to admit that seeing President Obama – the President...
View ArticleNational Press Follows President Obama to Cedar Falls, Iowa
On January 14th, President Obama visited Cedar Falls, Iowa, to share his strategy to expand high-speed connectivity to more Americans, encourage competition, and galvanize economic development. Obama’s...
View ArticleCommunity Choice is Just One Strategy for a Sustainable Westchester — Episode...
In this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Sustainable Westchester’s Nina Orville and Dan Welsh. The three discuss the benefits of the organization’s many efforts...
View ArticleReport: An Alternative to Electricity Monopolies Enables Communities to...
This report examines community choice energy, a policy giving cities and counties the right to purchase energy on behalf of electricity customers. Enabled in 9 states, community choice agencies are...
View ArticleCommunity Composting’s Untapped Potential for Local Zero Waste & Climate...
In this episode of the Composting for Community Podcast, we are joined by Kourtnii Brown, founder and director of Common Compost (Oakland, California) and CEO of the California Alliance for Community...
View Article10 Years of Minnesota’s Community Solar Program — Episode 202 of Local Energy...
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 Energy has found a new way...
View ArticleWriting Detroit’s Next Chapter
A Detroit-based bookseller shares the purpose behind her store and its profound impact on the community over the past three decades.… Read More
View ArticleThe Concrete Benefits of Virtual Power Plants — Episode 203 of Local Energy...
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 utility could be...
View ArticleIn the Chicago Tribune: Why Chicago Needs to Limit Dollar Stores
"Eliminating food deserts requires many solutions. But there is one absolutely essential action: preventing dollar stores from proliferating," Tulsa City Council Member Vanessa Hall-Harper and ILSR...
View ArticleREGISTER NOW: Small Business vs. Monopoly Power—March 4th
Join independent businesses from across the country for a virtual town hall event to mark our progress and build momentum to rein in monopoly power and level the playing field for small, independent...
View ArticleReintroduced Maryland Bill on Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion
ILSR’s Composting for Community team has worked closely with Delegate Regina T. Boyce to introduce the Solid Waste Disposal and Diversion and On-Farm Composting and Compost Use bill (HB 1070) for...
View ArticleWhy Utility Execs Hate Distributed Solar
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 try to stifle it, and how this...
View ArticleChicago City Council Votes to Rein In Dollar Store Development
Another city is fighting back against dollar chains. The Chicago City Council has voted to enact an ordinance that will limit development of new chain dollar stores. Over 60 other cities and towns have...
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