{"id":84856,"key":"Energy_Policy_for_Energy_Sovereignty:_Can_policy_tools_enhance_energy_sovereignty?","title":"Energy Policy for Energy Sovereignty: Can policy tools enhance energy sovereignty?","latest":{"id":1273622,"timestamp":"2026-09-16T14:25:10Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{Solar footer}}\n\n[[File:Sov-eng.png|thumb]]\n\n{{MOST}}\n\n{{Publication data\n| type = Paper\n| cite-as = Chelsea Schelly, Douglas Bessette, Kathleen Brosemer, Valoree Gagnon, Kristin L. Arola, Joshua M. Pearce, Kathleen E. Halvorsen. Energy Policy for Energy Sovereignty: Can policy tools enhance energy sovereignty?. ''Solar Energy'' 205, (2020),109-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.05.056 [https://www.academia.edu/43105876/Energy_Policy_for_Energy_Sovereignty_Can_policy_tools_enhance_energy_sovereignty open access]\n}}\n\nThe concept of energy sovereignty redefines the priorities for decision making regarding energy systems while encouraging increased reliance on renewable energy technologies like solar. Energy sovereignty involves centering the inherent right of humans and communities to make decisions about the energy systems they use, including decisions about the sources, scales, and forms of ownership that structure energy access. Current U.S energy policy does not center concerns of energy sovereignty, and in many cases may work against it. Policies to enhance energy sovereignty can accelerate electricity decarbonization while also empowering community scale decision making and offering communities control to reduce the myriad externalities associated with the fossil-fuel energy system.\n\n{{Pearce publications notice}}\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[The energy crises revealed by COVID: Intersections of Indigeneity, inequity, and health]]\n* [[Applying a Relationally and Socially Embedded Decision Framework to Solar Photovoltaic Adoption: A Conceptual Exploration]]\n* [[Emerging economic viability of grid defection in a northern climate using solar hybrid systems]]\n* [[The Potential for Grid Defection of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Using Solar Photovoltaic, Battery and Generator Hybrid Systems]]\n* [[Levelized cost of electricity for solar photovoltaic, battery and cogen hybrid systems]]\n* [[Performance of U.S. hybrid distributed energy systems: Solar photovoltaic, battery and combined heat and power]]\n* [[Policies to Overcome Barriers for Renewable Energy Distributed Generation: A Case Study of Utility Structure and Regulatory Regimes in Michigan]]\n* [[Examining interconnection and net metering policy for distributed generation in the United States]]\n* [[A review of the value of solar methodology with a case study of the U.S. VOS]]\n* [[Economics of Grid-Tied Solar Photovoltaic Systems Coupled to Heat Pumps: The Case of Northern Climates of the U.S. and Canada]]\n* [[Can grid-tied solar photovoltaics lead to residential heating electrification? A techno-economic case study in the midwestern U.S.]]\n* [[Economics of Open-Source Solar Photovoltaic Powered Cryptocurrency Mining]]\n* http://www.utilityratewatch.org/\n\n{{Page data\n| part-of = MOST completed projects and publications\n| keywords = Cogeneration, Electricity, Energy production, Heating and cooling, Heating, Cooling, Photovoltaics, Solar energy, Energy policy, Electric utility, Distributed generation, off-grid, energy sovereignty, energy justice, community engaged scholarship\n| sdg = SDG07 Affordable and clean energy\n| authors = Chelsea Schelly, Douglas Bessette, Kathleen Brosemer, Valoree Gagnon, Kristin L. Arola, J.M.Pearce, Kathleen E. Halvorsen\n| description = Energy policy builds community power. Appropedia examines how local sovereignty supports renewables and reduces fossil fuel reliance.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Electricity]]\n[[Category:Energy production]]\n[[Category:Heating and cooling]]\n[[Category:Photovoltaics]]\n[[Category:Solar energy]]\n[[Category:Energy policy]]"}