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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. Infrastructure, expertise, and knowledge are necessary for growing community power.

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

NonProfit Quarterly

This is largely a product of a school of economic thinking from the University of Chicago that gained traction beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, which believed regulation was antithetical to market competition and “economic liberty.” in California are actively seeking to bring utilities back under public and community control.

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