Toyah Callahan and Zach Greene discuss how the SolSmart technical assistance platform supports local governments as they streamline their solar permitting, inspection, and zoning processes, making it easier for residents to go solar. |Show page availabl

Tim Hade and Leah Stokes discuss how, through the coordination of a virtual power plant, distributed energy generation and storage will provide resilient and affordable electric power to a vulnerable area of Santa Barbara County. | Show page available: h

John Farrell summarizes ILSRs recent report, Upcharge: Hidden Costs of Electric Utility Monopoly Power, and makes the case for restoring competition to the electricity system. |Show page available: https://ilsr.org/how-monopoly-utilities-abuse-power-le

Doug Kantor discusses why the electric vehicle charging market must be competitive, rather than controlled by utilities, and why convenience stores are particularly suited to provide vehicle fueling wherever customers are. |Show page available: https://

Bracken Hendricks discusses how Working Power, a community development and financing platform, helps community-based organizations retain ownership of clean energy projects and the financial benefits of clean energy investment. |Show page available: htt

Jeremy Kalin discusses the evolution of federal tax incentives for renewable energy and how the direct pay provision of the Inflation Reduction Act will deliver more financial benefits to cities, counties, and nonprofits. |Show page available: https://i

Out of the legislative fight over the nuclear plant next door, Prairie Island Indian Community is building its own net zero energy future, on part three of our special series, Seven Hundreds Yards. |Show page available: https://ilsr.org/articles/700-yar

In part two of our special series, Seven Hundred Yards, we find out why the nuclear waste temporarily stored on Prairie Island is still there 30 years later. |Show page available: https://ilsr.org/articles/700-yards-pt2-pretend-democracy-ler211|List

Advocating for a distributed, democratized clean energy transition involves a never-ending series of legal and regulatory battles.For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell is joined by Mariel Nanasi, executive director of New