by Jeff Ihnen | Sep 30, 2025 | Energy Rant
I learned some interesting new things as I prepared and updated content for my presentation to the Wisconsin Public Utilities Institute’s Energy Utility Basics in a couple of weeks. Online registration is still open, so get in while you can. First, EVs are...
by Jeff Ihnen | Sep 15, 2025 | Energy Rant
You may have seen last week that Consumers Energy sold its 13 hydroelectric dams for $1 each. Elon Musk, nor anyone else for that matter, can compete with that price tag on dispatchable storage. According to my calculations, Consumers’ 13 million MWh annual...
by Jeff Ihnen | Sep 2, 2025 | Energy Rant
I like to stay ahead of the curve here at the Rant, but I would have needed to call play-by-play like Kirk Herbstreit on a college football game to keep up with the Cracker Barrel makeover fiasco. The CBRL fiasco played out faster than a college football game, which...
by Jeff Ihnen | Aug 26, 2025 | Energy Rant
First, A Branding Whetter. Two weeks ago, I peppered the Big Three Automakers, Ford, General Motors, and the company formerly known as Chrysler, for forgetting their cash-cow customer base, which loves large gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles and big honkin’...
by Jeff Ihnen | Aug 19, 2025 | Energy Rant
Doing a minor cleanup on personal transportation this week, here in the beloved City of La Crosse, I have one perennial gripe: road construction that takes an entire season. The saying goes, there are two seasons: winter and construction. Winter lasts three months,...
