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F R O M S M A L L - T I M E A N D S U B S I D I Z E D T O E C O N O M I C A L M A I N S TA Y O F A D E M O C R A T I C G R I D

John Farrell Director of Democratic Energy

April 2014

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F U T U R E P O L I C Y P R I N C I P L E S

• Democracy: energy policy should encourage broad ownership of energy production.

• Equity: subsidies should be accessible (not tax-based) but progressive (funded from non-regressive sources), and phased out over time. Producing local renewable energy should be reasonably profitable.

• Local: policy should encourage communities to maximize capture of their energy dollars with conservation, energy efficiency, and local power generation.

F U R T H E R R E A D I N G

• Report: Minnesota’s Value of Solar (ILSR, 2014): www.ilsr.org/minnesotas-value-of-solar/

• An Enormous Question for ‘Solar Choice’: www.ilsr.org/enormous-question-solar-choice

http://www.ilsr.org/enormous-question-solar-choice