Local Energy Rules is a biweekly podcast about monopoly power, energy democracy, and how communities can take charge to transform the energy system. Our audience is researchers, grassroots organizers, ...

ILSR’s Composting for Community Initiative supports distributed infrastructure and the growing community composting sector. Community-scale composters serve an integral and unique role in both the ...

A study found California's rooftop solar saved non-solar customers over $1 billion in 2024, rebutting the utility industry's ...

ILSR’s annual scorecard surveys a suite of 18 state-level policies that help or hinder local clean energy action.

The third episode in the Building Local Power: The New Class series finds us talking to North Carolina State Rep. Dante Pittman, recently elected to represent his hometown of Wilson, N.C., and the ...

Empowering households and communities to push for clean, locally-owned, affordable energy and challenging the excessive power of monopoly utilities ...

Compost is the dark, crumbly, earthy smelling material produced by the decomposition of organic materials such as food scraps and yard trimmings. When added to soil, compost sequesters carbon, ...

Our team fights the unchecked power of corporate monopolies and champions policies that level the playing field for small independent businesses. How State Policymakers Can Take On Monopolies and ...

Catalyzing distributed and diverse local composting across the country to cut food loss, enhance soil, protect the climate, and build community. Community Composters’ Achievements Nationally ...

Join Building Local Power for a 5-part investigation into how monopoly power exploits systemic racism, inspired by ILSR’s Power Play report. Ohio Statehouse Rep. Tristan Rader joins the Building Local ...

Where are community composters operating? Which cities, counties, and states support a distributed composting infrastructure through their policies and programs? ILSR’s Composting for Community Map ...

State legislative and regulatory decisions on community power shape local autonomy, clean energy access, and utility accountability. They also determine who – utility shareholders or ratepayers – see ...