Local Energy Rules

In this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Matthew Marshall, Executive Director of Redwood Coast Energy Authority. The two discuss the community choice energy model, setting and achieving ambitious energy goals, and finding local resilience with microgrids. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/redwood-coast-energy-authority-ler-episode-99 |

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Despite facing many hurdles, one county in California is pioneering the way to a truly community-determined energy supply.

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Jessica Tovar, Coordinator of the East Bay Clean Power Alliance. Tovar and this alliance led the charge to establish a community choice agency in Alameda County. Tovar and Farrell talked in December 2018 about East Bay Community Energy and why local, community-focused energy generation should be the premier goal of renewable energy advocates.

Listen to the full episode and explore more resources, below — including a transcript and summary of the conversation.

https://ilsr.org/articles/east-bay-community-energy-ler-episode-98/

In this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Jessica Tovar, Coordinator of the East Bay Clean Power Alliance. Tovar and Farrell talked in December 2018 about East Bay Community Energy and the necessity of local energy generation developed with input from the community. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/east-bay-community-energy-ler-episode-98 |

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Oftentimes, transitioning to renewable energy is one of many competing concerns in a local government body. In one town on Long Island, leaders are finding that their most pressing concerns can be addressed collectively.

For this episode of our Voices of 100% series of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with John Bouvier, a town council member of Southampton, New York. Southampton has committed to source 100% of the town’s electricity from renewable sources by 2025, with an ultimate goal of carbon neutrality by 2040. The two discuss setting ambitious goals, the unique challenges coastal communities face, and how Southampton’s work is driven by both technical experts and community stakeholders.

Listen to the full episode and explore more resources, below — including a transcript and summary of the conversation.

https://ilsr.org/articles/southampton-new-york-voices-of-100-podcast/

For this episode of our Voices of 100% series of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with John Bouvier, a town council member of Southampton, New York. The two discuss setting ambitious goals, the unique challenges coastal communities face, and how Southampton’s work is driven by both technical experts and community stakeholders. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/southampton-new-york-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 |

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After a novel cooperative law passed in Oregon, residents can invest in solar on their house of worship, their children’s school, or the neighborhood public library.

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Dan Orzech, General Manager of the Oregon Clean Power Cooperative. This co-op, through its novel structure and rules, allows Oregon residents to earn a return by investing in local renewable energy projects. Farrell and Orzech discuss how a renewable energy cooperative operates, the importance of local energy for Oregon, and how this model can spread beyond the state’s boundaries.

Listen to the full episode and explore more resources, below — including a transcript and summary of the conversation.

https://ilsr.org/articles/oregon-clean-power-coop-ler-episode-96/

In this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Dan Orzech, General Manager of the Oregon Clean Power Cooperative. Farrell and Orzech discuss how a renewable energy cooperative operates, the importance of local energy for Oregon, and how this model can spread beyond the state’s boundaries. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/oregon-clean-power-coop-ler-episode-96 |

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New York is one of nine states where communities can choose their own energy supplier through community choice aggregation (CCA). In Westchester County, the non-profit Sustainable Westchester has adopted community choice, along with several other programs, to democratize the local energy system.

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Sustainable Westchester’s Nina Orville and Dan Welsh. Orville directs the Heat Smart and community solar programs at Sustainable Westchester, while Welsh directs the Westchester Power program. The three discuss how Westchester Power and the other programs operate, what Sustainable Westchester offers residents, and how local achievement translates to the organization’s own success.

Listen to the full episode and explore more resources, below — including a transcript and summary of the conversation.

https://ilsr.org/articles/westchester-new-york-community-choice-ler-episode-95/

In this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Sustainable Westchester’s Nina Orville and Dan Welsh. The three discuss the benefits of the organization’s many efforts in New York, which include a community choice aggregation program, a sustainable heating initiative, and community solar projects. |

Show page available: https://ilsr.org/westchester-new-york-community-choice-ler-episode-95 |

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The community solar model extends the option of clean energy ownership to those without the means or ability to put solar on their own roof. Now, an Oakland, Calif., cooperative plans to use the co-op ownership model to increase access to solar even further, by putting community solar on the roof of one of its members.

For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Subin DeVar, director of the community renewable energy program at the Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC) in Oakland, Calif. SELC provides support to the People Power Solar Cooperative, where DeVar also serves as a board member. This solar cooperative completed its first project in March 2019, leveraging the democratic co-op structure to install community solar on members’ own rooftops. Farrell and DeVar discuss how the cooperative was able to navigate over legal barriers, the importance of community ownership, and the potential for this cooperative community solar model to spread nationwide.

Listen to the full episode and explore more resources, below — including a transcript and summary of the conversation.

https://ilsr.org/articles/people-power-solar-coop-ler-episode-94/