2018
DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2018.00022
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Shared Yet Contested: Energy Democracy Counter-Narratives

Abstract: Conventional ways of communicating about the transition to renewable energy in North America presuppose that energy systems can be changed while sustaining existing social, political, and economic relations. Energy democracy counters such ostensibly apolitical narratives by emphasizing the socially transformative potential of this transition. Yet energy democracy, as both organizing principle and social movement, is itself increasingly recognized as flexible and contested. This research seeks to better discern… Show more

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“…It is also informed by energy democracy narratives that highlight the transformative potential of community-orientated energy projects to the energy transition. We recognise that energy democracy, in understanding its organisational capacity and in apprising social movements, can become contested and open to multiple interpretations [39]. However, energy democracy narratives do offer an alternative to neoliberal modes of capitalism that have largely informed the energy transition to date.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…It is also informed by energy democracy narratives that highlight the transformative potential of community-orientated energy projects to the energy transition. We recognise that energy democracy, in understanding its organisational capacity and in apprising social movements, can become contested and open to multiple interpretations [39]. However, energy democracy narratives do offer an alternative to neoliberal modes of capitalism that have largely informed the energy transition to date.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%
“…10 Organizations that selfidentify as contributing to the energy democracy movement have different approaches to articulating the social groups to be connected and empowered, embrace varying theories of change and stability, and work to enact institutional change at different scales. 11 As a social movement, energy democracy is in itself a diverse and inclusive coalition of different individuals and organizations.…”
Section: Community Solar Projects In Vermontmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These authors posit that energy democracy, with its useful vagueness, can better be operationalized once it tackles difficult questions around scale, materiality, and deliberation of energy decisions (ibid.). More recently, energy democracy has been used and operationalized by diverse actors in the US and Europe, including activist and advocacy groups, trade unions, scholars and political parties (Burke andStephens, 2017, 2018). In conceptualizing this term, Szulecki (2018) identifies at least two framings of energy democracy in the non-academic literature.…”
Section: Energy Justice Vs Energy Democracy: What Is In a Word?mentioning
confidence: 99%