Ann Arbor in Michigan provides a nice model for municipalities with sufficient resources that want to gain some measured independence from their monopoly investor-owned utility #community #energy #local #power #michigan https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/ann-arbor-michigan-sustainable-energy-utility-approved-voters-what-now/735045/
A Michigan city’s ‘sustainable energy utility’ got the green light from voters. What now?
By creating a supplemental utility that will focus on scaling up rooftop solar, battery storage and microgrids, Ann Arbor, Michigan, is taking its clean energy future into its own hands.Ysabelle Kempe (Smart Cities Dive)