Have you seen this advertisement from Xcel Energy? We’ve done a little bit of work to clarify their message for them. The proposed Sherco natural gas plant bill will soon be at Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton’s desk, after you watch our video, give him a call and tell him you oppose this billion-dollar boondoggle.… Read More
Christopher Mitchell, Community Broadband Networks initiative director, recently took some time to visit with John Hockenberry on The Takeaway from PRI and WNYC. The conversation covered municipal networks, big cable and telephone monopolies, and how local community initiatives for better connectivity are raising the bar in rural areas.… Read More
In this commentary for the Knoxville News Sentinel, ILSR’s Christopher Mitchell details how municipal broadband networks like Chattanooga are proving Tennessee legislation that limits the investment in these networks is just plain wrong. Read the commentary here:… Read More
“Over the last decade, the price of solar installations has declined significantly, but the electric utilities industry continues to debate the value and cost effectiveness of utility scale versus rooftop solar.” In this Daily Energy Insider article, ILSR’s John Farrell is quoted discussing the impact that distributed level solar energy is offering to the grid.… Read More
A reporter for Aquicore, Alex Richardson, was interested in a new and emerging renewable energy technology: microgrids. For perspective he reached out to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance to get a sense of how these innovative technologies are being deployed, ILSR policy researcher Karlee Weinmann answered Richardson’s questions as it related to the benefits of small-scale renewable systems. … Read More
Published in Midwest Energy News, this commentary from ILSR energy researchers John Farrell & Karlee Weinmann details a Minnesota legislative action that would reduce oversight of rural electric cooperatives. “A plan floated by Minnesota lawmakers to exempt rural electric cooperatives from virtually all regulatory oversight would allow these utilities to restrict development of local solar power, even where their member-owners support renewable energy.”… Read More
In Forbes, the results of our exhaustive report on Amazon’s growing stranglehold on our economy were featured in this article by Sally Hubbard of The Capitol Forum.… Read More
In an article about the benefits that small businesses hold for America’s Main Street, Curbed‘s Patrick Sisson cited our research regarding policies that enable small businesses and disable chain stores from taking over our cities.… Read More
With input from ILSR’s composting team, the Maryland legislature is looking into the passing a bill for improving the organics processing infrastructure. This article by Waste Dive‘s Cole Rosengren details our work and the future implications it will have for the state.… Read More
