How a small town reclaimed its grid and sparked a community revolution

> Rühl spotted that E.ON’s 20-year licence was approaching its expiry. Rather than just sign again on the dotted line, he thought Wolfhagen ought to reclaim the grid for itself[..]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/28/small-town-wolfhagen-community-revolution-german-europe-energy-contract

(Feb 28, 2018)

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Free book: The future is public: Towards democratic ownership of public services (pdf)

https://pop-umbrella.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/9ced65c2-418e-44c5-8eb0-a11dfd67e549_FutureIsPublic_online_def.pdf

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Energy democracy: Redistributing power to the people through renewable transformation.

Energy democracy focuses on ensuring that as technological change occurs, there is simultaneous intentional consideration and commitment to three kinds of social activism: resisting, restructuring, and reclaiming energy systems.

https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/5628212/files/201791017/download

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