Journal Articles

Grimley, Matthew, Gabriel Chan. 2023. “‘Cooperative is an oxymoron!’: A polycentric energy transition perspective on distributed energy deployment in the Upper Midwestern United States.” Energy Policy 172 (11328). doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113328.

Klass, Alexandra B., and Gabriel Chan. 2021. “Cooperative Clean Energy.” North Carolina Law Review 100 (1).

Taylor, Keith. 2021. “An Analysis of the Entrepreneurial Institutional Ecosystems Supporting the Development of Hybrid Organizations: The Development of Cooperatives in the U.S.” Journal of Environmental Management 286 (May): 112244. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112244.

Lenhart, Stephanie, Gabriel Chan, Lindsey Forsberg, Matthew Grimley, and Elizabeth Wilson. 2020. “Municipal Utilities and Electric Cooperatives in the United States: Interpretive Frames, Strategic Actions, and Place-Specific Transitions.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions 36 (September): 17–33. doi:10.1016/j.eist.2020.04.006.

Taylor, Keith. 2015. “Learning from the Co-Operative Institutional Model: How to Enhance Organizational Robustness of Third Sector Organizations with More Pluralistic Forms of Governance.” Administrative Sciences 5 (3): 148–164. doi:10.3390/admsci5030148.

Sherwood, Arthur, and Keith Taylor. 2014. “Unique Expectations of Co­operative Boards: Taking on the Challenges of the Democratic Enterprise.” International Journal of Co-Operative Management 7 (1): 29–42.

Books and
Chapters

Lenhart, Stephanie, Gabriel Chan, Matthew Grimley, and Elizabeth Wilson. 2021. “Comparing and Contrasting the Institutional Relationships, Regulatory Frameworks, and Energy System Governance of European and US Electric Cooperatives.” In Routledge Handbook of Energy Democracy, by Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker, Danielle Endres, Tarla Rai Peterson, and Stephanie L. Gomez, 1st ed., 34–50. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780429402302-5.

Taylor, Keith. 2019. Governing the Wind Energy Commons: Renewable Energy and Community Development. Rural Studies Series, Volume five. Morgantown, West Va: West Virginia University Press.

Reports and Briefs

Chan, Gabriel, Matthew Grimley, Eric Barry, Sanya Carley, Cecelia Kincaid, Emma Schuster, and Keith Taylor. 2023. Hoosier Energy Integrated Planning Initiative (Summary Brief). Electric Cooperative Innovation Center.

Chan, Gabriel, Matthew Grimley, Jamison Stallman, Eric Barry, Lissa Pawlisch, and Trevor Drake. 2021. The Demand-Side Management Innovation Initiative: Final Report. Electric Cooperative Innovation Center.

Chan, Gabriel, Matthew Grimley, Jamison Stallman, Joshua Anderson, and Mark Teklinski. 2021. Planning for Equitable Solar Deployment with Electric Cooperatives. University of Minnesota Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy.

Taylor, Keith, and Sarah Outcault. 2019. An Appreciative Inquiry: How South Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives Build Capacity through Multi-Level Governance. U.C. Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute.

Chan, Gabriel, Stephanie Lenhart, Lindsey Forsberg, Matthew Grimley, and Elizabeth Wilson. 2019. Barriers and Opportunities for Distributed Energy Resources in Minnesota’s Municipal Utilities and Electric Cooperatives. University of Minnesota Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy; Boise State University Energy Policy Institute; Dartmouth University Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society.

Student Projects

Blumenstock, Sophie, Katrina Little, Jamie Stallman, and Natalie Townsend. 2021. Great River Energy: Water Heater Potential and Application. Capstone Project.

Evans Engstrom, Shannon, Lauren Fisher, Anindya Panda, and Megan Reineccius. 2020. Building Resiliencia Energética Fotovoltaica Comunitaria (ReEnFoCo), A Solar Project For Puerto Rico’s First Energy Cooperative. Capstone Project.

Grimley, Matthew. 2019. “Cooperative Is an Oxymoron”: The Polycentric Energy Transition of Midwestern Electric Cooperatives to Load Management Technologies, 1940s to Present. Masters Thesis.

Neuman, Nick, Ryan Streitz, and Ben Ihde. 2018. Review and Analysis of Renewable Energy Options for Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative. Capstone Project.