Energy Rant
Cut through the fluff with candid, expert takes on energy policy, programs, and industry trends. Written by our CEO, Jeff Ihnen, the Energy Rant is a blog that challenges assumptions, questions status quos, and delivers sharp insights with just the right dose of irreverence.
The End of the Energy Rant: See You Down the Road
After seventeen years and 815 editions of the Energy Rant, I am suspending my campaign, as politicians like to ...
Laws of Thermodynamics Vote Present
When I read Yahoo's assessment of Utility Dive's article describing the American Council for an Energy-Efficient ...
The Peril In Layers of Customer Experience
I’m going off-road this week for a tale of customer experience with an acceptable, but not great, ending. My ...
Price Caps and the Electricity Doom Loop
I have written in the last three or four years, at least seven times, that you have a free market or you do not, ...
The Tyranny of Physics and the Limits of Efficiency
Since I recently dedicated four Energy Rant posts to heat recovery from industrial facilities, including data ...
When Sustainability Has a Definition Problem and Consistency Sucks
This week's Energy Rant is brought to you by guest writer Jessica Wagner, Director of Marketing at Michaels. ...
FERC – Easier Said than Settled
Powering AI Background
Last week, I described the advantages of data centers bringing their own behind-the-meter ...
Can Data Centers Bring Their Own Power Without Raising Rates?
Leading off with a semi-joke, a couple of weeks ago, I saw this amusing yet serious post from the Trump Department ...
Women Leaders, Data Center Warnings, and a Trillionaire
2026 Mid America Regulatory Conference
Women Leaders
Reporting from the annual Mid America Regulatory Conference ...
Picks, Shovels, and AI – Buy Results, not Hype
Who's making money on AI? So far, it's like the gold rush when the makers of picks, shovels, and blue jeans made ...
Digital Twins, AI, and the Last 10%
Here in our tenth and final Rant on the top ten industrial energy-saving foci, I assess and summarize ...
The Cascade Effect: Stop Paying for Heat You’re Already Making
This week, we wrap up thermal integration in industrial processes. Thermal integration, also known as pinch ...
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