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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo adopts Local Power CCA in his search for ways to bring his state’s electrical system into the 21st century.
Local power from clean energy resources has a way of exciting people. Something about alighting from the monopolistic utility system while also alighting from the era of dirty energy gets people’s blood moving. One recent IndieGogo crowdfunding campaign is yet another testament to that. The campaign, aimed at creating “a landmark … [continued]
Iowa ranks third in installed wind power capacity in the US. It’s 5,500 megawatts are behind only Texas and California (and it has much more wind power per capita). But, like many windy places, the turbines sprouting from the Iowa prairie are often owned by multinational corporations, taking advantage of … [continued]
