Against the Grain

Democratizing the Grid

What stands in the way of the urgently needed transition to clean energy? What is energy democracy, and what role can it play in the struggle against fossil capitalism? According to Ashley Dawson, a decisive shift toward renewable energy is impossible without a collective struggle to take control of the grid. He says much can be learned from Germany’s remarkably rapid energy transition.

Ashley Dawson, People’s Power: Reclaiming the Energy Commons OR Books, 2020