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Saturday, July 9 • 11:15am - 12:30pm
The Shocking Impact of Boring Energy Policy

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How can communities seize the opportunities of a decades-old energy system being rocked by distributed power? We will explain how boring-sounding policy and regulatory decisions about "net metering" and the grid are shaping the future of the electricity system, and how these boring-sounding issues have serious implications for an equitable energy economy. Participants will leave armed with knowledge of key issues and prepared to hear stories of communities taking charge, in "Grassroots Community Meets Energy Technocracy."
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John Farrell

Co-director, Institute for Local Self Reliance
John Farrell is a co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and directs the Energy Democracy Initiative. Widely known as the guru of distributed energy, he has received accolades for his vivid illustrations of the economic and environmental benefits of local ownership of... Read More →

Saturday July 9, 2016 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT
Rockwell Hall 304
  Workshop Block B

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