1) Grenoble has taken steps towards energy transition through citizen involvement, remunicipalizing utilities, and promoting sustainable development policies. 2) A citizen assembly helped shape Grenoble's energy transition roadmap, which aims to retrofit thousands of homes and lower the city's reliance on fossil fuels through renewable energy. 3) Governance of Grenoble's public utilities has moved from private concessions to greater public control, with the goal of reducing private shares in energy utilities from 42% to 15% by 2018.