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Latest Episodes

Public Power Pt. 1: Why Take Over?
August 17, 2022

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and community leaders in six different municipalization campaigns explain why a city might attempt to take over its electric utili

When a Win is a Win, and a Loss is a Lesson
August 03, 2022

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, co-hosts Luke Gannon and Reggie Rucker ask John Farrell about an upcoming podcast series, The Promise and Peril of Publicly-Owned Power. This epis

The Member Campaigns Behind a Colorado Co-op’s Evolution
July 20, 2022

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Kevin Williams discuss how cooperative member-owners mobilized and campaigned for transparency, flexibility, and afforda

Small Solar Frees Energy From Decades of Utility-Stifled Innovation
July 06, 2022

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Bill Nussey discuss how regulated utility monopolies are stifling energy innovation and why small is the future of the

How Colorado Electric Customers Are Leading a Co-op's Clean Energy Journey
June 22, 2022

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Bryan Hannegan discuss how cultural change, led by the customers, pushed Holy Cross Energy to offer innovative programs

Petitioners Ask Feds to Investigate Utility Abuses of Monopoly Power
June 09, 2022

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guests Howard Crystal and Liz Veazey discuss a recent petition to the Federal Trade Commission and why electric utility practi

From the Archive: Ballot Initiative Shapes Iowa Town’s Fight for Local Power
May 26, 2022

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, a rebroadcast from the archive, guests Andrew Johnson and Joel Zook join host John Farrell to discuss how a municipal electric utility could better

A People’s Playbook on Advancing Energy Justice, Despite Utility Misdirection
May 11, 2022

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Yesenia Rivera discuss the Peoples Utility Justice Playbook and how to combat utility tactics that undermine energy dem

Monopolistic Utility Companies Suppress the Use of Customer Data
April 27, 2022

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, a rebroadcast from the Building Local Power Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Michael Murray discuss how utilities resist data portability, even

The Movement to Take Back Control From Monopoly Electric Utilities
April 13, 2022

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, a rebroadcast from the Building Local Power Podcast, we share a recording of ILSRs Democratizing Power event: a conversation with advocates about h