Dan York Archives - Michaels Energy

Oct 22

Old School EE

By Jeff Ihnen Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant, Government, Retrocommissioning (RCx), Tax Stuff, Utility Stuff One Comment

Forging on from last week’s Arthur Fonzarelli crash into Arnold’s chicken stand, this week I will posit some challenges and problems presented with state takeovers of energy efficiency programs. Per last week’s post, Wisconsin has fallen from 8th place in the nation to 17th place since the state essentially took over its energy efficiency programs. This is according to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, ACEEE, a well respected national think tank (my term) and advocacy organization for energy efficiency. One problem is the money moves further away from where it is collected. The further program spending is…

Oct 17

Love0

Adrift

By Jeff Ihnen Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant, Government, Utility Stuff 2 Comments

Being a critic and a manager, I always love it when somebody else does my work for me and I can lay low, because I often feel like a grumpy old man. For example, some of my guys are tougher and harsher than I am on issues, people, and their work both inside and outside the company. On a related note, there is a big difference between whining and complaining. I use a more vivid term for the latter, and I’ll leave it to the reader to guess what that is. How does one define the difference? The difference is…