November 19th, 2018 | by John Farrell
We’re inspired by the passage of the Portland Clean Energy Initiative this week, a ballot measure that will now provide $30 million per year for the city’s clean energy and climate work. Even better, the funds will target local energy deployment that lifts up low-income folks and people of color with energy savings and solar energy, as well as jobs installing these cost-saving measures.
July 25th, 2016 | by John Farrell
Originally published on ilsr.org. Keeping Energy Dollars Local Chattanooga, TN, is adding over $1 billion to its local economy in the [&hellip
December 8th, 2015 | by John Farrell
Originally posted at ilsr.org. In nearly every state, an electric customer can offset their own energy consumption with on-site power [&hellip
November 3rd, 2015 | by John Farrell
Originally posted at ilsr.org. Jason Caudle, city manager with the City of Lancaster, talked with John Farrell in April 2015 [&hellip
July 13th, 2015 | by Sandy Dechert
The first-ever pan-American action statement on climate change came out last Thursday, July 9, as the Climate Change Summit of the [&hellip
June 8th, 2015 | by John Farrell
Originally posted at ilsr.org The city of Beaverton, OR, is getting a new solar array that will offset energy use [&hellip
November 19th, 2014 | by John Farrell
Originally published on ilsr.org. Earlier this year, the state of California announced a $10 million loan-loss reserve to solve the [&hellip
November 4th, 2014 | by John Farrell
“San Diego and its community choice energy district would be able to offer a diverse energy mix with all of [&hellip
October 14th, 2014 | by John Farrell
Ever wonder what happened to the notion last August that the city of Minneapolis (MN) would take over its energy [&hellip
September 2nd, 2014 | by John Farrell
Many cities served by private utilities think they have little capacity to encourage local renewable energy development. But a largely [&hellip
August 25th, 2014 | by John Farrell
It’s one thing to own your utility and have a commitment to renewable energy, but it’s another thing to deliver. [&hellip
August 18th, 2014 | by John Farrell
“We can’t do it as an individual, But four hundred communities aggregating and asking for local wind power and solar [&hellip
July 28th, 2014 | by John Farrell
Community choice aggregation describes a situation where a town can become the bulk buyer of electricity on behalf of its [&hellip
June 24th, 2014 | by John Farrell
The Obama administration is pushing power plant regulations to reduce carbon emissions and most states have some sort of renewable [&hellip
June 16th, 2014 | by John Farrell
How can a community take control of its energy future from a 100-year monopoly electric utility? Citizens of Boulder, CO, [&hellip
June 2nd, 2014 | by John Farrell
Laboring to keep more of its energy dollars at home, community members in Boulder, CO, decided that they needed some [&hellip
May 19th, 2014 | by John Farrell
“It’s the most inspirational work that I’m doing…this is an inspirational and aspirational effort…at the heart of it is love [&hellip
April 28th, 2014 | by John Farrell
With solar power, “we can avoid that $100 million investment in transmission lines, distribution lines, in capital infrastructure…” That was [&hellip
March 25th, 2014 | by John Farrell
How much money could you and your neighbors save on energy? That depends a lot on the building code, which [&hellip
March 11th, 2014 | by John Farrell
In pursuit of a cleaner energy future last August, the city of Minneapolis came to the brink of putting a [&hellip
December 9th, 2013 | by John Farrell
In a groundbreaking agreement announced earlier this year, the gas utility serving Minneapolis, MN – CenterPoint Energy – will work [&hellip
December 2nd, 2013 | by John Farrell
Is having local control of a utility the key to ramping up renewable energy? In 2011, Boulder citizens voted to [&hellip
November 5th, 2013 | by John Farrell
In 2011, citizens of Boulder, CO, opted to explore alternatives to their monopoly, corporate electric utility that pumps coal-fired energy [&hellip
