We turn on a light switch or run a faucet every day without thinking about how it works. Without the electric grid, a very complex but outdated system, we would not be able to do either. In this episode, we discuss Gretchen Bakke’s book, The Grid: the Fraying Wires between Americans and our Energy Future. We are reaching a critical breaking point with our archaic system of delivering power to homes and business across the U.S. A transition to renewable energy is necessary, but how do we accommodate all the clean energy generated without advanced methods for storing that power? We discuss the solutions and how planners can be more involved in the conversation.

Links:

Solar@Scale Webinar Series: https://icma.org/events/solarscale-webinar-series

Energy Justice Workbook: https://iejusa.org/workbook/

Great Plains Institute Cobenefit Opportunities: https://betterenergy.org/blog/solar-energy-projects-natural-systems/

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