Energy Democracy in Action
In Appalachia and across the country, ratepayers are demanding more clean energy, affordability, choice and transparency from their energy providers.
A rural North Carolina cooperative responds to member feedback by fostering economic development and clean energy
An Ohio state law has allowed hundreds of communities to choose a more affordable power supplier
Rappahannock Electric’s attempt to block members’ efforts to bring reform amendments to the ballot has sparked a legal fight. All other Virginia electric co-ops have joined Rappahannock in opposing the members’ push for transparency.
A citizens group is calling for transparency at their electric cooperative, and helped to generate the second-largest voter turnout in recent history at the co-op’s annual meeting.
Some cities and counties have terminated their contracts with commercial utilities and formed municipal, publicly owned utilities instead.
Poor solar policies led members of the nation’s largest electric co-op to investigate the board and file a class-action lawsuit.
Electric cooperatives generally purchase electricity from other entities, such as the Tennessee Valley Authority, Dominion Energy and Duke Energy. In the Southwest, several electric cooperatives are demanding better terms and more renewables from their power provider.
Gainesville citizens push their utility away from mountaintop removal coal and toward clean energy.
Deep-seated corruption at an Oklahoma electric cooperative spurred several member-owners to organize a campaign for reform.
Since 2008, Eastern Iowa’s Farmers Electric Cooperative has integrated more solar power after seeing the financial benefits it brings to the community.
Marvin Winstead’s farm in Nash County, N.C., has been in his family for generations — and he refuses to allow the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to touch it.
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