Colorado State Senator Steve Fenberg on Local Power Versus Corporate Power

Show page available at: https://ilsr.org/fenberg-local-power-blp-episode-39/. In this episode of ILSR's Building Local Power podcast, Energy Democracy initiative director John Farrell interviews Colorado State Senator and renewable energy activist Steve Fenberg about the possibilities of local control and new renewable technology. Topics discussed include: Fenberg's work as a local renewable energy activist in Boulder, Colorado [5:03]; an encouragement for all communities to provide their citizens an energy choice [7:28]; Fenberg's path to the state legislature from his role in local activism [8:51]; the role Colorado is playing in giving local authority to communities engaging with municipal broadband networks [12:38]; the role monopoly electric utilities play in pushing for state laws that favor them with captive ratepayer money [16:37]; how many federal decisions on energy and new technologies are subverting and harming local control [20:40]; and this episode's recommendations [21:21]. Listen to all of our Building Local Power podcast episodes at our homepage (https://ilsr.org/building-local-power). Don't forget to subscribe, share with your friends, leave a recommendation on our podcast feeds, and join the conversation online using the #BuildingLocalPower hashtag!