Local Energy Rules

This bi-weekly podcast from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance shares powerful stories of local renewable energy, from mayors discussing their city’s commitment to 100% renewable energy to tales of innovative community owned solar to questions about th

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Colorado Bill Increases Utility Accountability — Episode 194 of Local Energy Rules

Posted October 18, 2023 • 00:37:57

Steve Fenberg discusses Colorado’s Senate Bill 291, which changed incentives in the investor-owned utility business model to protect Colorado consumers...

Against All Reason, Indiana Dismantles Rooftop Solar — Episode 193 of Local Energy Rules

Posted September 27, 2023 • 00:43:11

Ben Inskeep discusses Indiana’s backward solar policy, why local solar is a threat to utilities, and how to go up against the powerful entrenched...

Don’t Follow California’s Lead on Rooftop Solar — Episode 192 of Local Energy Rules

Posted September 13, 2023 • 00:56:06

Sachu Constantine explains the obstacles and opportunities arising for the electric grid as customers become generators and what California got wrong...

The Anti-Competitive Tricks up Utility Sleeves

Posted August 30, 2023 • 00:38:28

Seth Handy explains how utilities have, through loopholes in federal guidance and friends on public regulatory bodies, protected their own interests...

Portland Funds Community-Led Clean Energy Projects

Posted August 16, 2023 • 00:44:36

Maria Sipin discusses what the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund has accomplished, how volunteers from the community have shaped the fund’s...