| Category | Resource (name and link) | Source | Description | Status | Challenge Tier | Node? | Implementation vs Knowledge | Campus vs Community (if applicable) |
| Energy Democracy Info | Democratizing Our Energy Future | Al Weinrub (Local Clean Enegy Alliance), and Anthony Giancatarino (Center for Social Inclusion | A white paper defining energy democracy and outlinig major principles, strategies, and tools for implementing it | Complete | Hard | No | Knowledge | |
| Energy Democracy Info | What Is The Energy Democracy Project | Energy Democracy Project | A 2-page outline of the role and purpose of the energy democacy project | Complete | Easy | No | Knowledge | |
| Energy Democracy Info | What Is Energy Democracy and Why Does it Matter | New Economy Coalition | A video webinar hosted by the New Economy Coalition on Energy Democracy | Complete | Hard | No | Both | |
| Energy Democracy Info | Resources on Energy Democracy | Local Clean Energy Alliance | A growing page of energy democracy resources | Public and being added to | Easy | Yes | Both | |
| Energy Democracy Info | From Power to Empowerment | Patrick Sabol (Groundswell) | Summary report on low-income access to the Clean Energy Economy | Complete | Medium | No | Mostly knowledge, some implementation at the end | |
| Energy Democracy Info | Beyond Sharing: How Communities Can Take Ownership of Renewable Power | John Farrell (Institute for Local Self-Reliance) | Broad analysis of the opportunities and barriers to ownership inclean energy | Complete | Hard | Yes | Implementation | |
| Energy System Info | Utilities for Dummies | David Roberts (Grist) | An article series explaining how energy utilities work and how to change them | Complete | Medium | Yes | Knowledge | |
| Energy System Info | Why You Need to Keep and Eye on Electric Utility Rate Cases | Accenture | A business analysis article on why utilities are raising rates and why to be concerned about future rises. | Complete | Medium | No | Knowledge | |
| Energy System Info | The World Nears Peak Fossil Fuels for Electricity | Bloomberg | A business article on whta is driving the growth of renewables and the fall of fossil fuels | Complete | Medium | No | Knowledge | |
| Projects and Models | Community-Based Energy Model Inventory | Timothy DenHerder-Thomas (PSN Action Team) | An inventory analyzing 17 different models of community owned energy | 17 models are complete, some models may not be included, format is spreadsheet (functional, not super user friendly) | Hard (Leadership material) | No | Both | |
| Projects and Models | Clean Energy Project Stages | Jackson Koeppell (PSN Action Team) | This document is a proposal of a tracking system to track community-based clean energy projects. It is intended to shape the creation of the tracking system itself. | Proposal complete. Tracking System not developed. | Leadership material | No | Implementation | |
| Public Engagement Tools | Powerful Conversations Facilitation Guide | Powerful Conversations Template Training team (Alice Madden, Eric Immler, Jackson Koeppell, Lee Samelson, Timothy DenHerder-Thomas) | A facilitation guide for an in-deph pop-ed training on energy utility systems and energy democracy organizing designed for community groups. It accompanies the template presentation listed next. | Strong draft – able to be shared and used. Could use some polishing and use-friendly formatting. | Hard (Leadership material) | No | Mostly knowledge | |
| Public Engagement Tools | Powerful Conversations Template Presentation | Powerful Conversations Template Training team (Alice Madden, Eric Immler, Jackson Koeppell, Lee Samelson, Timothy DenHerder-Thomas) | A template presentation for an in-depth pop-ed training on energy utility systems and energy democracy organizing designed for community groups. It accompanies the facilitation guide listed previously. | Strong draft – able to be shared and used. Could use some polishing and use-friendly formatting. | Hard (Leadership material) | No | Knowledge | |
| Public Engagement Tools | Energy Video and Handout Library | 2015 Macalester College Enironmental Studies Senior Seminar | A library of 12 short videos about energy and utility systems with accompanying printable handouts for public engagement purposes | Complete, some local specificity and minor inaccuracies, but generally good/useful. | Easy | Yes | Knowledge | |
| Public Engagement Tools | To Allow Lots of Renewables, Baseload Coal & Nuclear Must Go | EnergyShouldBe.org (Ken Regelson) | A short video explaining the incompatibility of coal and nucler plants with renewable energy | complete | Easy | Yes | Knowledge | |
| Inspiring Case Studies | Campaign for Local Power | New Era Colorado | A short inspiring video about the municipalization campaign in Boulder Colorado | Complete | Easy | No | Implementation | |
| Inspiring Case Studies | Just Community Solar: A Story of Faith In Action | Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light | A short inspiring video about just community solar gardens in MN with a focus on faith communities | Complete | Easy | No | Implementation | |
| Organizer Training | Utilities Training #1: Why Energy Matters | Timothy DenHerder-Thomas (PSN Action Team) | Webinar recording of a training held 4/26/2016 introducing why energy matters for social change and highlighting the evolution and history of energy utilities | Recorded/ready for viewing, but some tech errors that make video less useful. The goal is to turn all of these four trainings into more user-friendly tools by July | Hard | No | Implementation | |
| Organizer Training | Utilities Training #2: How to Drive the Utility Death Spiral | Timothy DenHerder-Thomas (PSN Action Team) | Webinar recording to be held 5/17/2016 building off session #1 to highlight strategic levers for utility systems change | Recorded/ready for viewing, working on turning these four trainings into more user-friendly tools by July | Hard | No | Implementation | |
| Organizer Training | Utilities Training #3: Community Wealth Building | Timothy DenHerder-Thomas (PSN Action Team) | Webinar recording to be held 5/31/2016 focusing on community wealth building strategies | Recorded/ready for viewing, working on turning these four trainings into more user-friendly tools by July | Hard | No | Implementation | |
| Organizer Training | Utilities Training #4: Energy Democracy Wealth Building | Timothy DenHerder-Thomas (PSN Action Team) | Webinar recording to be held 6/14/2016 focusing on community wealth buildining for energy democracy | Recorded/ready for viewing, working on turning these four trainings into more user-friendly tools by July | Hard | No | Implementation | |
| Organizer Training | Research Guidelines | Jackson Koeppell (PSN Action Team) | A research utline on how organizers can learn more about the utility sitiuation in their local area | Usefully complete, could use more sections | Hard | No | Knowledge | |
| Organizer Training | Energy Poverty Map | Jackson Koeppell (PSN Action Team) | A map, by US county, of what % of annual income households under 50% of the poverty line spend on energy. | Complete. Useful to find geographically specific data on energy poverty in your region and county. | Medium | No | Knowledge | |
| Business Modelling | Community Solar Business Case Tool | Elevate Energy | A great resource for financial modelling of community solar projects | Complete. Ready for use by anyone interested in developing community solar. | Hard |
