Institute for Local Self-Reliance
2024年12月12日 · What is Local Self-Reliance? Local self-reliance means that we, the people, are free to exercise power over our lives — how we provide for our families, how resources are shared and allocated in our communities, and how decisions are made by government, corporations, and businesses because it ...
ILSR's 2024 Annual Report - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
2024年5月1日 · Jessica Auer, Tribal Broadband Policy Analyst, Community Broadband Networks. Jordan Ashby, Advocacy & Communications Lead, Composting for Community. John Bailey, Development Director. Ingrid Behrsin, Senior Researcher, Energy Democracy Initiative. Linda Bilsens Brolis, Associate Director for Education & Advocacy, Composting for Community. Danny Caine, Multimedia Content Creator
About ILSR - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
2024年5月2日 · Over the past 50 years, the growth of ILSR and its mission to build local power and fight corporate control has become a story worth telling.From taking on corporate giants like Amazon and Walmart to leading the charge against utility and waste monopolies, ILSR’s research, advocacy, and community assistance continue to break new ground for advancing vibrant, sustainable, and just cities and ...
Our Focus - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
With our coalition partners and allies, we conduct research, run trainings, produce podcasts, and create popular education tools that support local campaigns and projects.
Comm ecar y 4 WWW.ILSR.ORG Standards and timelines for connecting renewable energy projects to the electric grid. Interconnection The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) releases model interconnection procedures every few years. A model interconnection policy in 2024 allows small projects to move quickly through the interconnection
Resources & Publications - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
2024年12月26日 · A Rebalancing Act: How We Restore Local Power in 2025. ILSR co-executive directors John Farrell and Stacy Mitchell reflect on voters' frustrations in the election aftermath and the opportunities it creates for building local power.
What is Local Self-Reliance? - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Local self-reliance means that we, the people, are able to exercise power over our lives — how we provide for our families, how resources are shared and allocated in our communities, and how decisions are made by government, corporations, and businesses because it affects all of us.
Interconnection - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Interconnection is an important project development step that allows local clean energy projects to sell their excess energy. Though many states have interconnection rules, utilities can still use their control of interconnection processes to block local projects and maintain monopoly power.
The 2024 Community Power Scorecard - Institute for Local Self …
In addition to our own state legislative tracking, our scoring compiles data from the Center for Biological Diversity/Energy and Policy Institute, Clean Energy Works, DSIRE, Energy Justice Lab, Freeing the Grid (IREC and Vote Solar), Inside Climate News, NARUC, and SolarReviews.. To compare state policy environments, explore our interactive Community Power Map.
ILSR's 2020 Annual Report - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
2020年11月30日 · Despite the challenging state of affairs in 2020, it’s been a productive year for ILSR and for our work fighting corporate control and building local power across the economy.