How a Republican Mayor in the US uses local government powers to electrify his city

For the last 14 years Mayor R. Rex Parris has led Lancaster's transition to net zero. Lancaster has built solar farms, made it compulsory for new homes to have solar panels, challenged the power of the energy utilities, put solar on all public buildings, etc. Now they're overseeing the development of green hydrogen, and hoping to bypass the control of the electricity companies.