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Apr 04

I Disrupt this Blog with Non-Wire Alternatives

By Jeff Ihnen Energy Rant No Comments

As I read in The Wall Street Journal last week, I would like to disrupt the use of the overused buzzword disruption and the use of buzzwords in general, but I gotta do what I gotta do – talk about Utility 2.0 again. Come to think of it, the utility industry, and those that supported it, must have been asleep at the wheel in the 1990s. That was Utility 2.0 – deregulation, which didn’t work out so well with widespread bankruptcies, some of which exist to this day. Utility 2.0 gave rise to hucksters like Jeffrey Skilling and Ken Lay…

Mar 02

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Utility 2.0; Decoupled and Disaggregated

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

A lot of people have subscribed to the Energy Rant in recent weeks, so I think a little re-introduction is in order. Last week, the post was entitled Gamification; from a Non-Gamer. That was unusually peaceful and friendly because I really have no beef with that since, well, innocent until found guilty (of problems). This week, discussing Utility 2.0, I get back in the spirit of the true meaning of the Energy Rant. What dozens of readers have expressed is the Rant goes outside the comfort zone to discuss things no one else will say – like the emperor has…