Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures

Cover
Front Matter
Copyright
List of figures
List of tables
Conclusion: A call to action, toward an energy research insurrection
Introduction
Toward an energy research insurrection
Fossil fuels vs renewables: Participatory inclusion for invisibilizing supply-webs
Epistemology/ontology of quantitative and modeling studies
The poverty of energy research language
Degrowth now!
The limitations of democracy
Conclusions
References
Contributors
Editors biographies
Contributors biography
Foreword
References
Acknowledgment
Introduction to collection
Introduction
From prehistoric energy consumption to modern energy politics
Energy security and concentrated energy ownership and decision-making
Rise of renewables and challenges of energy democratization
The social relations of energy governance
Directions
References
Further reading
Introduction to Part I: Energy imaginaries
Introduction
Knowledges
Futures
Conclusions
References
Serving in the public interest: Samuel Insull and the public service utility imaginary
Introduction
A moral utility—Constructing the public service company
Conclusions
References
Governance and sustainability in distributed energy systems
Introduction
Overcoming centralized systems
Governance of distributed energy systems
Conclusions
References
Energy democracy’s relationship to ecology
Introduction
An energy democracy framework
The challenge of integrating ecology/more-than-human into energy democracy
Refining the framework
Conclusions and future directions
References
Utopias and dystopias of renewable energy imaginaries
Introduction
Imagining renewable energy
Performing and practicing renewable energy imaginaries
Renewable energy and the cultivation of new subjects
Conclusions
References
Technoregions of insurrection: Decentralizing energy infrastructures and manifesting change at scale
Introduction
From decentralism to technoregionalism
Technology, humanity, and ecology
Committing to regionalism
Technoregions of insurrection
References
Assemblages of energy and equity: Rearticulating Illich
Introduction
Conviviality and counterfoil research
Assemblages
Conclusions
References
Re-imagining energy-society relations: An interactive framework for social movement-based energy-society transformation
Introduction
Beyond technical goal setting: What makes just and democratic energy transitions possible?
Toward a political economy of transformative change in modern energy
Shifting to an energy-as-commons approach
Shifting to a community energy governance approach
Re-imagination experiments: Sustainable Energy Utility and One Less Nuclear Power Plant initiative
Experiment 1: Sustainable Energy Utility
Experiment 2: Seoul’s “One Less Nuclear Power Plant” initiative
Conclusions
References
Democratic governance of fossil fuel decline
Introduction
Living examples of democratic decision-making mechanisms
Local mechanisms
Participatory budgeting
Worker-owned cooperatives
Water districts
Community fuel banks and energy trusts
Regional mechanisms and beyond
Public regional planning and the Tennessee Valley Authority
Rationing boards
Indigenous energy sovereignty
International trade and distribution
Conclusions
References
Decentralizing energy systems: Political power and shifting power relations in energy ownership
Introduction
Decarbonization and decentralization of electricity
Political power in electricity systems
Lobbying and elite access
Information control
Employment
Media and social influence
The state of shifting power
Decentralization and democracy
Conclusion: What does this mean going forward?
References
Democratic divergence and the landscape of community solar in the United States
Introduction
Defining community solar
Energy democracy and community solar
Conclusions
References
The emerging energy future(s) of renewable power and electrochemistry:
Advancing or undermining energy democracy?
Reading energy futures through electrochemical interventions
Defining electrochemical interventions for decarbonization
Core assumptions of electrochemical interventions for decarbonization
Emerging energy futures
References
The future of energy ownership
Introduction
Why ownership matters to democracy
The future of solar ownership
The intricacies and implications of energy ownership
The future of energy and democracy
So how do we decide?
References
Introduction to Part II: Energy Futures
Energies of resistance? Conceptualizing resistance in and through energy democratization
Introduction
Energy/democracy
Democratization/resistance
Resistance/materiality
Conclusions
References
The role of ownership and governance in democratizing energy: Comparing public, private, and civil society initiatives in E ...
Introduction
Energy democracy: Conceptualizing ownership and engagement
Ownership types in England: Private and civic
Civic energy developments—Co-ops and BenComs
Private energy developments—Limited companies and municipal developments
Comparison
Governance models, voting rights, and AGMs
Co-operative governance: Shareholder voting and AGMs
Corporate governance: Shareholder voting and AGMs
Conclusion: The role of ownership and governance for energy democracy
Appendix
Acknowledgments
References
Lessons from electric cooperatives: Evolving participatory governance practices
Introduction
Cooperatives and member participation
Institutional robustness, instrumental values, and civil society
Changing opportunities and expectations for member participation
Challenges and opportunities
References
Bringing democratic transparency to Karachi’s electric sector
Introduction
The problem of electricity supply in Pakistan
Democratic transparency
Conclusions
References
Energy literacy: Democratizing energy access initiatives in Papua New Guinea
Introduction
Context
Papua New Guinea
The process
Outcomes
Aiding the transition to energy democracy
Acknowledgments
References
A just development energy transition in India?
Energy transition woes
A just development energy transition in India
Recognitional justice
Procedural justice
Distributional justice
Just energy democracy
References
Community adaptation to microgrid alternative energy sources: The case of Puerto Rico
Introduction
An overview of Puerto Rico’s power grid and natural challenges
The rise of the microgrid
Conclusions
References
Energy democracy movements in Japan
Introduction
Renewables as social relations
Renewables as people’s power
Fukushima in global networks of community power
Conclusions
References
Participatory cartography as a means to facilitate democratic governance of offshore wind power in Brazil☆
Introduction and background
Materials and methods
Findings and discussion
Conclusions
References
Energy democracy cooperatives: Opportunities and challenges
Introduction
The lived reality of worker cooperatives
Cooperatives and communities
Challenges cooperatives face
How to run a successful cooperative
Cooperatives to change society
Conclusions
References
Introduction to Part III: Energy risks
Introduction
Anachronistic assemblages
References
Situating energy justice: Storytelling risk and resilience in the Navajo Nation
Introduction
An attorney’s observations: Energy landscapes and lines of connection
An ethnographer’s observations: The viral pandemic in a deeper historical context
Conclusions
References
Will electro-mobility encourage injustices? The case of lithium production in the Argentine Puna
Introduction
Materials and methods
Results and discussion
Lithium production in the Argentine Puna
Justice dimensions of lithium production
Toward a just transition to electro-mobility
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
The limits of authoritarian energy governance: Energy, democracy and public contestation in Turkey
Introduction
The multiple manifestations of authoritarian energy governance
Socio-metabolic intensification
Expanding energy frontiers
Transforming landscapes
The emergence of new energy politics via socio-ecological conflicts and resistance
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Hazard or survival: Politics of nuclear energy in Ukraine and Belorussia through the lens of energy democracy
Introduction
Nuclear disaster in Chernobyl
Public health consequences
Environmental impact
Democracy energy in post-Chernobyl Europe
Energy dominance and energy democracy in Ukraine and Belorussia
Ukraine’s nuclear energy expansion
Opposition in Ukraine
Belorussia’s nuclear energy expansion
Opposition in Belorussia
Conclusions: Energy democracy as an opportunity for Ukraine and Belorussia
References
Talking points: Narrative strategies to promote nuclear power in Turkey
Introduction
Discursive elements
Scarcity and growth
Modernity and recognition
Environmental desirability
Job creation
Downplaying risk
Hidden factors
Domestic capital
A possible weapons program?
Conclusions
References
Fossilizing renewable energy: The case of wind power in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico
Introduction
The fossil economy: Energy and capital circulation
Renewable energy in Mexico: Cheap energy for economic growth
The Isthmus of Tehuantepec: Cheap energy for the industrial sector
Conclusions
References
“Psychic numbing” and the environment: Is this leading to unsustainable energy outcomes in Australia?
Introduction
Psychic numbing and climate change in Australia
Collective storytelling and action against psychic numbing
References
Deluxe energy: Newly commodified regimes of luxurious energy
Introduction
Deluxe energy
Restructuring and creative destruction
Public-based energy services V commodified public spaces
Conclusions
References
Does security push democracy out of energy governance?
Introduction
Security as a tool of discipline or emancipation
The (non-)change of decarbonization
The anti-politics of exception and the politics of the extraordinary
Conclusions
References
Global energy transition risks: Evaluating the intergenerational equity of energy transition costs
Introduction
Analysis
Evaluation
Recommendation—Cap-and-invest
Conclusions
References
Democratizing energy through smart grids? Discourses of empowerment vs practices of marginalization
Smart grids and the empowered consumer
From social groups to conditions and practices
Configuring users in smart grid projects
Concluding points
Funding
References
Contested scales of democratic decision-making and procedural justice in energy transitions
Introduction
Energy democracy, liberal democracy, and justice
Wind energy development in Ontario, Canada
Unconventional oil and gas development, Colorado, United States
Discussion and conclusions
References
Mind the gap: Citizens, consumers, and unequal participation in global energy transitions
Introduction
Deconstructing neoliberal energy citizenship
Conclusions
References
Worse than its reputation? Shortcomings of “energy democracy”
Introduction: The promising notion of post-carbon energy democracy
Asymmetric ownership
Unequal participation
Diminishing popular sovereignty
(Old-time) industrial democracy
Conclusions
References
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