WHO OWNS THE GRID? Spatializing Our Collective Clean Energy Futures: The Last User Problem

Harvard GSD

How we power our lives dictates how we live together. Far from neutral webs of wires and meters, our energy networks are material architectures of political power, cultural desire, and social order—shaping everything from our definitions of personal freedom to the intimate choreographies of our daily routines. As we race to decouple from petromodernity, however, mainstream transition strategies risk enacting a punitive new era of green capitalism, where utility-scale solar and battery…