Articles by John Farrell
John Farrell is the author of Energy Self-Reliant States and a senior researcher at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, where he focuses on renewable energy policy.
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Cities Getting Local Energy Choice with Aggregation
Over 200 Illinois towns helped cut their citizens’ electric bills in 2012, and some even achieved 100% renewable energy, thanks to a state law that lets cities choose their electricity […]
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Four Charts Provide Distributed Solar Lessons from California
A new study for the California Public Utilities Commission explores the “Technical Potential for Local Distributed Photovoltaics in California.” Basically, it’s one of the more in-depth analyses of local solar […]
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Crowdfunding helps community power become reality
The JOBS Act may finally allow thousands of regular folks to make a modest return by investing in local renewable energy projects.
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Can PACE Local Energy Financing Come Back?
It can with your help; submit a comment to the FHFA by Thursday, Sept. 13! After effectively suspending residential PACE energy efficiency and renewable energy municipal financing programs in 2010 […]
