John Bailey

John Bailey is ILSR's senior energy policy researcher. Bailey has been with ILSR since 1992 and is the author of reports across a range of topics including local road financing in Minneapolis, wind energy taxation, ecological tax reform and climate change policy. 

He is ILSR's webrarian [www.ilsr.org] and has designed and operated not only ILSR's suite of web sites but on contract for 9 years the web site of Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy [now Fresh Energy]. He co-managed the Institute’s carbon tax shift campaign in the 1990s.  He served for three years as a key member of two working groups that established Minnesota's statewide interconnection standards and tariffs for clean, distributed generation projects in Minnesota. 

In 2005, he spearheaded the legislative effort that led to a new state law directing the MN Dept. of Commerce and Public Utilities Commission to set up an e-Filing system to enhance public participation in energy related regulatory proceedings and to save taxpayer money.  He is editor of an online e-Bulletin, Democratic Energy, that tracks innovative developments and public policies that support community based energy development and distributed generation.

He can be contacted at bailey@ilsr.org