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Local Energy Rules episodes

October 09, 2024 Solar Help Desk Offers Agenda-Free Consumer Assistance — Episode 220 of Local Energy Rules
Jani Hale and Liz Veazy from Solar United Neighbors explain how the Solar Help Desk aids consumers and how the group organizes people to fight for solar rights. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/article/solar-help-desk-agenda-free-ler220/ |
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32 min
September 25, 2024 Crashing the Utility Transmission Planning Party — Episode 219 of Local Energy Rules
Shelley Welton discusses why utilities cannot be trusted to coordinate their electricity transmission plans and how an independent planning authority could step in where federal regulators have floundered. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/articles/crashing-utility-transmission-planning-party-ler219/ |
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46 min
September 11, 2024 How Cities Can Simplify Rooftop Solar — Episode 218 of Local Energy Rules
Toyah Callahan and Zach Greene discuss how the SolSmart technical assistance platform supports local governments as they streamline their solar permitting, inspection, and zoning processes, making it easier for residents to go solar. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/cities-simplify-rooftop-solar-ler218/ |
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50 min
August 28, 2024 Leah Stokes and Tim Hade on Climate Resilience in California — Episode 217 of Local Energy Rules
Tim Hade and Leah Stokes discuss how, through the coordination of a virtual power plant, distributed energy generation and storage will provide resilient and affordable electric power to a vulnerable area of Santa Barbara County. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/stokes-hade-climate-resilience-california-ler217/ |
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46 min
August 14, 2024 How Monopoly Utilities Abuse Their Power — Episode 216 of Local Energy Rules
John Farrell summarizes ILSR’s recent report, Upcharge: Hidden Costs of Electric Utility Monopoly Power, and makes the case for restoring competition to the electricity system. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/how-monopoly-utilities-abuse-power-ler216/ |
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19 min
August 01, 2024 The Cost of Utility-Controlled Vehicle Charging — Episode 215 of Local Energy Rules
Doug Kantor discusses why the electric vehicle charging market must be competitive, rather than controlled by utilities, and why convenience stores are particularly suited to provide vehicle fueling wherever customers are. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/the-cost-utility-controlled-vehicle-charging-ler215/ |
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42 min
July 17, 2024 Financing Platform Opens the Door to Solar Ownership — Episode 214 of Local Energy Rules
Bracken Hendricks discusses how Working Power, a community development and financing platform, helps community-based organizations retain ownership of clean energy projects and the financial benefits of clean energy investment. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/financing-platform-solar-ownership-ler214/ |
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1 hr 4 min
July 03, 2024 Paying Solar Incentives Direct to Nonprofits — Episode 213 of Local Energy Rules
Jeremy Kalin discusses the evolution of federal tax incentives for renewable energy and how the direct pay provision of the Inflation Reduction Act will deliver more financial benefits to cities, counties, and nonprofits. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/solar-incentives-direct-pay-ler213/ |
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51 min
June 20, 2024 Seven Hundred Yards Pt. 3: Seven Generations to Come — Episode 212 of Local Energy Rules
Out of the legislative fight over the nuclear plant next door, Prairie Island Indian Community is building its own net zero energy future, on part three of our special series, Seven Hundreds Yards. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/articles/700-yards-pt3-seven-generations-ler212/ |
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25 min
June 05, 2024 Seven Hundred Yards Pt. 2: Pretend Democracy — Episode 211 of Local Energy Rules
In part two of our special series, Seven Hundred Yards, we find out why the nuclear waste “temporarily” stored on Prairie Island is still there 30 years later. |
Show page available: https://ilsr.org/articles/700-yards-pt2-pretend-democracy-ler211|
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29 min

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This bi-weekly podcast from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance shares powerful stories of local renewable energy, from mayors discussing their city’s commitment to 100% renewable energy to tales of…