Local Energy Rules

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Ari Peskoe discuss how utilities have gained outsized market power by owning transmission infrastructure and how federal regulators could reintroduce competition through targeted regulation. |

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Since 2013, Minnesota’s long-running regulatory docket has carried a long-running debate: how can we calculate the value of solar energy to individuals, communities, and society?

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Gabriel Chan, associate professor at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy. The two discuss how to calculate solar energy’s full value, where to improve Minnesota’s Value of Solar, and why decisions grounded in data are essential for our evolving electric grid.

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https://ilsr.org/articles/value-of-solar-minnesota-ler148/

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Gabriel Chan discuss how to calculate solar energy’s true value, where to improve Minnesota’s Value of Solar, and why decisions grounded in data are essential for our evolving electric grid. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/value-of-solar-minnesota-ler148 |

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In the state of Washington, advocates hope that the third time’s the charm for passing community solar legislation.

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Mason Rolph, President of Olympia Community Solar. In the absence of supportive state policy, Rolph has found a way to develop community solar gardens that reward subscribers. Farrell and Rolph discuss Olympia Community Solar, the organization’s advocacy work, and why Washington needs a proper community solar program.

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https://ilsr.org/articles/olympia-community-solar-wa-ler147/

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Mason Rolph discuss Olympia Community Solar, the organization’s advocacy work, and why Washington needs a proper community solar program. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/olympia-community-solar-wa-ler147 |

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Electric utility monopolies, once a necessary evil, are time and again failing to meet the challenges of the current moment.

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, a rebroadcast from the Building Local Power Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Chris Villarreal, President of Plugged In Strategies and an Associate Fellow with the R Street Institute. They discuss the electricity market and how it insulates utility companies from competition, even when that competition would green the electricity supply and drive down rates.

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https://ilsr.org/articles/electricity-market-competition-villarreal-ler146/

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, a rebroadcast from the Building Local Power Podcast, host John Farrell and guest Chris Villarreal discuss the electricity market and how it insulates utility companies from competition, even when that competition would green the electricity supply and drive down rates. |

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To preserve its unique natural environment and the regional economy, Moab and other Utah cities have created a pathway to procure 100 percent renewable power by 2030.

For this episode of our Voices of 100% series of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell talks with Moab Sustainability Director Mila Dunbar-Irwin and City Council Member Kalen Jones. Moab is an anchor community for the Community Renewable Energy Act. Using their collective buying power, Moab and other participating cities will negotiate for 100 percent renewable energy from utility Rocky Mountain Power.

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https://ilsr.org/articles/moab-utah-voices-of-100-podcast/

For this Voices of 100% episode of Local Energy Rules, host John Farrell and guests Mila Dunbar-Irwin and Kalen Jones discuss Utah’s Community Renewable Energy Act. Using their collective buying power, Moab and other participating cities will negotiate for 100 percent renewable energy from utility Rocky Mountain Power. |

Tell us what you think! https://ilsr.org/podcastsurvey/

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/moab-utah-voices-of-100-podcast/ |

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Ithaca, N.Y. is making headlines for its plan to decarbonize all local buildings. What’s unique about Ithaca is not its ambitious goal, which many cities share, but the fact that it is truly advancing toward it.

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Ithaca Sustainability Director Luis Aguirre-Torres, who in the eight months of his tenure, has set in motion a plan to decarbonize Ithaca’s buildings by 2030. Farrell and Aguirre-Torres discuss Ithaca’s Green New Deal, financing the city’s decarbonization effort, and getting the work done as time runs out.

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https://ilsr.org/articles/ithaca-new-york-building-decarbonization-ler144/