A Series of Local Energy Rules

A growing number of cities, big and small, are committing to transition to 100 percent renewable energy. Today, more than 100 cities have adopted formal commitments to do so.

While these commitments are certainly inspiring, they often prompt more questions than they answer.

How can cities reach these goals and do so equitably and in ways that broaden participation? Will electricity come from local, distributed sources or far flung, centralized facilities? What can others learn from those cities that are taking the lead?

This multi-part podcast series — Voices of 100% — will be highlighting the voices of local leaders and taking a deeper dive into these questions to learn how communities are implementing renewable energy commitments.

Do you know any local leaders we should interview about 100 percent renewable energy commitments in their communities? Send us an email at voicesof100@archive.ilsr.org.

Follow along and chime into this conversation on social media using the new hashtag #Voicesof100, and existing hashtags #Readyfor100 and #Mayors4CleanEnergy.

Voices of  Podcast Episodes

Episodes in this series are featured below. Be sure to check back for updates, explore all of our Local Energy Rules podcast episodes, and subscribe to this podcast feed: iTunes or RSS/XML.

Additional  Resources

Want more information? Find tools and materials from ILSR and others on how to advance renewable energy commitments locally, below.

Explore how to implement a 100 percent local, renewable energy commitment in your community, using ILSR’s Community Power Toolkit.

Locate cities and towns with existing commitments and explore state policies that help advance these clean energy goals, using ILSR’s Community Power Map.

More ILSR Energy Democracy Posts and Commentary

Read more from ILSR about the transition to 100 percent local, renewable power.

From Our Partners

Check out numerous stories and other tools offered by our partners, who are advancing 100 percent renewable energy commitments across the country.

The Voices of 100% podcast series was originally posted at archive.ilsr.org. For timely updates, follow John Farrell on Twitter, our energy work on Facebook, or sign up to get the Energy Democracy weekly update.

Local Energy Rules is a regular podcast project of the Energy Democracy initiative at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, produced by Energy Democracy Director John Farrell and Research Associate Maria McCoy, sharing powerful stories of successful local renewable energy and exposing the policy and practical barriers to its expansion.