Local Energy Rules

Municipalization: many have tried, but few have succeeded.

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell is joined by Randy Knight, city manager of Winter Park, Florida. Having taken over its electric utility in 2005, Winter Park is the only sizable city to successfully municipalize in the last two decades. Knight explains how the city overcame utility opposition and shares his advice to other cities investigating public power. This is the full interview that was partially released in part two of The Promise and Peril of Publicly-Owned Power series.

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https://ilsr.org/articles/winter-park-public-power-takeover-ler184/

Randy Knight explains how the Winter Park, Fla., overcame utility opposition to create a publicly-owned electric utility and shares his advice to other cities investigating municipalization. Portions of this interview were released as part of last year’s series on public power. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/winter-park-public-power-takeover-ler184/ |

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10 million customers depend on their essential public service, yet decisions are made behind closed doors. What has gone wrong with Tennessee Valley Authority?

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell is joined by Maggie Shober, Director of Utility Reform for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. They discuss how the Tennessee Valley Authority operates like a for-profit utility, despite its public ownership. This is the full interview that was partially released in part five of The Promise and Peril of Publicly-Owned Power series.

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https://ilsr.org/articles/tennessee-valley-unchecked-authority-ler183/

Maggie Shober discusses how the Tennessee Valley Authority operates like a for-profit utility, despite its public ownership. Portions of this interview were released as part of last year’s series on public power. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/tennessee-valley-unchecked-authority-ler183/ |

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A member-owned electric cooperative in New Hampshire is one of the first utilities harnessing the power of ‘vehicle-to-grid.’

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell is joined by Brian Callnan, Vice President of Power Resources and Access for New Hampshire Electric Cooperative. They discuss the co-op’s Transactive Energy Rate pilot program and how the energy sitting in electric vehicle batteries can provide additional value to the owner and the grid.

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https://ilsr.org/articles/new-hampshire-coop-electric-vehicles-ler182/

Brian Callnan discusses New Hampshire Electric Cooperative’s Transactive Energy Rate pilot program and how the energy sitting in electric vehicle batteries can provide additional value to the owner and the grid. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/new-hampshire-coop-electric-vehicles-ler182/ |

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Pacific Gas & Electric, even in bankruptcy, will not relinquish control over its poorly-maintained assets.

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell is joined by Peter Rietkerk, General Manager of the South San Joaquin Irrigation District. They discuss how a public agency could do a better job than Pacific Gas & Electric and the District’s 18 year endeavor to provide retail electric service in California’s Central Valley.

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https://ilsr.org/articles/central-california-public-power-ler181/

Peter Rietkerk discusses how a public agency could do a better job than Pacific Gas & Electric and the South San Joaquin Irrigation District’s 18 year endeavor to provide retail electric service in California’s Central Valley. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/central-california-public-power-ler181/ |

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Did you know you can heat your home without burning gas in your basement?

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell is joined by Nate Adams, CEO of HVAC 2.0. Farrell and Adams discuss how to electrify homes in cold climates, which policies and incentives actually support home electrification, and the problems we must solve to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

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https://ilsr.org/articles/comfort-home-makeovers-hvac-ler180/

Nate Adams explains how to electrify homes in cold climates, which policies and incentives actually support home electrification, and the problems we must solve to reach net zero emissions by 2050. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/comfort-home-makeovers-hvac-ler180/ |

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