by Elisabeth Hamilton | 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 Elisabeth Hamilton | Sep 22, 2025 | Energy Rant
Google is still playing the carbon-free hall of mirrors, this time, claiming Gemini inquiries only result in 0.03 grams of carbon dioxide and five drops of water, less than Jalen Carter’s demonstration of contempt for Dak Prescott, the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback,...
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 Liz Haworth | Sep 9, 2025 | Energy Rant
Guest blogger Liz Haworth, VP of Marketing at Michaels Energy That’s right, Jeff handed me the keys to The Energy Rant this week (what could possibly go wrong?)! Don’t worry – I’m not here to argue about kilowatts, rates, or policies. Instead, I’m wading into a...
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’...
