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Movements Are Leading the Way: Reenvisioning and Redesigning Laws and Governance for a Just Energy Utility Transition

NonProfit Quarterly

Moreover, a significant proportion of utility governing boards comprises utility workers and frontline community members. Although established in a more progressive era, when the public interest held more sway, microeconomic and market values have since come to dominate utility governance.

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Building Power in Rural and Tribal Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A regional backbone organization— Wild Rivers Community Foundation , an affiliate of Humboldt Area Foundation—was tapped to manage the initiative in partnership with community leaders and TCE program officers and staff. As we write this, we see strong evidence that these positive trends continue.