[3] Energy democracy has been endorsed by community organizations, think tanks, labor unions, and NGOs as a framework for decarbonization.
[5] The concept is also associated with a number of campaigns in Europe and North America calling for the municipalization of energy companies and democratization of their governance structures.
[1] The exact definition of energy democracy is contested and the term is used to refer to a diverse set of proposals, practices, and ideas.
[12] Additionally, advocates argue that decentralization can change community-wide relationships with energy consumption by turning community members into prosumers with a direct stake in questions of production.
[13] In 2021, the New York Energy Democracy Alliance joined other state advocacy organizations in forming the Public Power NY Coalition.