For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guests a rebroadcast from the Building Local Power Podcast, we share a recording of ILSR’s Democratizing Power event: a conversation with advocates about how communities have challenged monopoly power through a ballot initiative, antitrust litigation, and grassroots organizing. |

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ILSR’s Community Power Scorecard evaluates state policies based on how they help or hinder local clean energy action — but do the grades that states receive reflect the experience of advocates on the ground? For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Crystal Huang and Al Weinrub. Huang is […]

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guests Crystal Huang and Al Weinrub discuss the gap between policy and implementation and how ILSR’s Community Power Scorecard could better represent and mobilize local organizers. |

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With Congress at a standstill, the prospect of federal action on climate and clean energy is looking bleak. The Center for Biological Diversity, however, is pursuing two alternatives to federal legislation: executive action and the courts. For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Jean Su, Attorney and Director […]

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Jean Su discuss how President Biden could defend the U.S. from climate and economic harms through executive action. Su then shares a landmark court ruling and its implications for antitrust enforcement. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/defense-production-act-srp-antitrust-ler152 |

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Amidst the competing challenges of the last two years, communities are still making ambitious plans to ditch fossil fuels. In 2020, Blaine County and Hailey, Idaho joined the now more than 180 cities and towns that have committed to 100 percent renewable energy. For this episode of our Voices of 100% series of the Local […]

For this Voices of 100% episode of Local Energy Rules, guests Lynne Barker, Scott Runkel, and host John Farrell discuss how a 100 percent renewable energy commitment moved forward amidst a pandemic and the options that Idaho communities have to reach their sustainability goals. |

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A group in Morris, Minnesota — a city of 5,000 — has put together the Morris Model: a partnership and strategic plan to model how rural communities can shine in areas like clean energy and community resilience. For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Troy Goodnough, Sustainability Director […]

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, guests Troy Goodnough and Blaine Hill join John Farrell to discuss the Morris Model. They cover how local and international partnerships have influenced their work and what it means to be a model community. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/morris-model-minnesota-ler150 |

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Utilities use transmission lines to move electricity, balance supply and demand, and maintain their hold on the market. For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Ari Peskoe, Director of the Electricity Law Initiative at the Harvard Law School (Environmental and Energy Law program). Peskoe’s recent paper “Is the […]