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December 30, 2020 A Portland Fund, Collected from Corporations, Finances Community Benefits
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Jaimes Valdez about the Portland Clean Energy Fund: a climate action fund advancing racial and social justice. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/portland-clean-energy-fund-ler-120/ |
Listen to all of our Local Energy Rules podcast episodes at our site: https://ilsr.org/local-energy-rules-podcast-homepage |
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36 min
December 16, 2020 In Seattle, Corporations Must Pay Their Fair Share to Support Climate Justice — Episode 119 of Local Energy Rules
In the midst of a global pandemic, online shopping behemoth Amazon has now tripled its quarterly profits. Meanwhile Seattle, the home of Amazon headquarters, suffers from a housing crisis in which the “city is becoming too expensive for nearly half of our population.”
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Jill Mangaliman, Executive Director of Got Green, and Abigail Juaner of Puget Sound Sage. They discussed the Jumpstart Seattle tax — which will help fund housing and Green New Deal initiatives — for a recent episode of ILSR’s Building Local Power podcast, republished here for Local Energy Rules.
Listen to the full episode and explore more resources below — including a transcript and summary of the conversation.
https://ilsr.org/articles/seattle-jumpstart-tax-ler-119/
37 min
December 16, 2020 In Seattle, Corporations Must Pay Their Fair Share to Support Climate Justice
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Jill Mangaliman, Executive Director of Got Green, and Abigail Juaner of Puget Sound Sage. They discussed the Jumpstart Seattle tax — which will help fund housing and Green New Deal initiatives — for a recent episode of ILSR’s Building Local Power podcast, republished here for Local Energy Rules. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/seattle-jumpstart-tax-ler-119/ |
Listen to all of our Local Energy Rules podcast episodes at our site: https://ilsr.org/local-energy-rules-podcast-homepage |
Don't forget to subscribe, share with your friends, leave a recommendation on our podcast feeds, and join the conversation online using the #LocalEnergyRules hashtag!
37 min
December 02, 2020 A Solar Settlement for the Good of the Grid — Episode 118 of Local Energy Rules
Getting electricity customer-generators the compensation they deserve has been a battle in many states. Could a settlement between the utility and solar advocates squash net metering conflict for good?
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Thad Culley, Senior Regional Director of the Southeast at Vote Solar. They discuss a novel utility-advocate settlement underway in the Carolinas: a net metering and demand response compromise benefitting the utility, customer-generators, and the electric grid.
Listen to the full episode and explore more resources below — including a transcript and summary of the conversation.
https://ilsr.org/articles/solar-settlement-culley-ler-116/
29 min
December 02, 2020 A Solar Settlement for the Good of the Grid
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell and Vote Solar’s Thad Culley discuss a net metering settlement underway in the Carolinas: a compromise benefitting the utility, customer-generators, and the electric grid. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/solar-settlement-culley-ler-116/ |
Listen to all of our Local Energy Rules podcast episodes at our site: https://ilsr.org/local-energy-rules-podcast-homepage |
Don't forget to subscribe, share with your friends, leave a recommendation on our podcast feeds, and join the conversation online using the #LocalEnergyRules hashtag!
29 min
November 18, 2020 Voices of 100%: Louisville’s Clean Energy Pledge Takes On Multiple Crises — Episode 117 of Local Energy Rules
Where do local climate and clean energy goals lie in the priority list, when the COVID-19 induced economic crisis and the crisis of racial inequality are so pressing?
For this episode of our Voices of 100% series of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Brandon Coan and Gretchen Milliken. Coan, who helped draft Louisville’s 100% renewable resolution, is a Metro Councilman for the region and Milliken is Director of Advanced Planning and Sustainability. The three met virtually in October to discuss Louisville’s plan for a 100% renewable energy future and how the city’s goal intersects with the fight for racial justice.
Listen to the full episode and explore more resources below — including a transcript and summary of the conversation.
https://ilsr.org/articles/louisville-kentucky-voices-of-100-podcast/
31 min
November 18, 2020 Voices of 100%: Louisville’s Clean Energy Pledge Takes On Multiple Crises
For this episode of our Voices of 100% series of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Brandon Coan and Gretchen Milliken of Louisville, Ky. The three discuss Louisville’s 100% renewable resolution and how the goal intersects with the fight for racial justice. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/louisville-kentucky-voices-of-100-podcast |
Listen to all of our Local Energy Rules podcast episodes at our site: https://ilsr.org/local-energy-rules-podcast-homepage |
Don't forget to subscribe, share with your friends, leave a recommendation on our podcast feeds, and join the conversation online using the #LocalEnergyRules hashtag!
31 min
November 04, 2020 The Post-Election Potential for a 30 Million Solar Home Stimulus — Episode 116 of Local Energy Rules
The Nov. 3rd election is behind us, though the votes are still being counted. How will the next presidential administration, whichever that may be, affect the potential for a distributed solar stimulus?
For this post-Election Day episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, John Farrell and Katie Kienbaum of ILSR’s Energy Democracy Initiative discuss the intersection between federal policy and 30 Million Solar Rooftops: a vision for equitable economic recovery built on climate protection and energy democracy.
Listen to the full episode and explore more resources below — including a transcript and summary of the conversation.
https://ilsr.org/articles/30-million-solar-rooftops-stimulus-ler-116/
31 min
November 04, 2020 The Post-Election Potential for a 30 Million Solar Rooftop Stimulus
For this post-Election Day episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, John Farrell and Katie Kienbaum of ILSR’s Energy Democracy Initiative discuss the intersection between federal policy and 30 Million Solar Rooftops: a vision for equitable economic recovery built on climate protection and energy democracy. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/30-million-solar-rooftops-stimulus-ler-116 |
Listen to all of our Local Energy Rules podcast episodes at our site: https://ilsr.org/local-energy-rules-podcast-homepage |
Don't forget to subscribe, share with your friends, leave a recommendation on our podcast feeds, and join the conversation online using the #LocalEnergyRules hashtag!
31 min
October 21, 2020 Berkeley Puts Equitable Climate Action on the Ballot — Episode 115 of Local Energy Rules
When cities have done their part to power the community with clean electricity, the final push of the clean energy transition rests on individuals. Still, individuals can come together, pass innovative local policy, and hold themselves accountable to a clean and equitable ethos.
In this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Ben Paulos of the Berkeley, Calif. Energy Commission. Paulos and the commission have given the community a chance to put its money where its mouth is with a “climate equity action fund” on the ballot this November. Farrell and Paulos discuss how voting yes to Measure HH is a step toward the city’s zero carbon emissions goal — all while centering energy equity.
Listen to the full episode and explore more resources below — including a transcript and summary of the conversation.
https://ilsr.org/articles/berkeley-measurehh-ben-paulos-ler-115/
23 min

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