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.
What’s on the Minds of Utility Consumer Advocates
This week I’m focusing on the concerns expressed by members of the National Association of State Utility Consumer ...
What’s On the Minds of Utility Commissioners
Last week I attended the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Summer Policy Summit in ...
Stay In Your Lane of Strength, or Pay
My top “strength,” as scientifically assessed by Gallup CliftonStrengths®, is context, which may also be defined ...
AI – Where Tech Ends and Winning Begins
McDonald’s McNuggets
I picked up an iPhone at the Verizon store for my mother last week as I visited her in ...
Planes, Bikes, Automobiles, and the Deceptive LCOE
Lazard recently released its 16th levelized cost of energy or LCOE report. The LCOE represents the total cost of ...
Ambient CO2 Scrubbing Grifters
The origin of this post is a spicy Zerohedge article, The Phony Climate Change Catastrophe, specifically, carbon ...
Reorganize Portfolios and Redirect Incentives for 10X Impacts
A couple weeks ago, I quickly read this article, Cracking the Code - Aligned Incentives, on EnergyCentral.com. It ...
Electricity Market Manipulation – Higher Costs, More Emergencies
East of the Mississippi, we haven’t had a heat-induced stress test of the electric grid for a long time. I don’t ...
Energy Transition – Four Factors to Watch
We open this week’s Energy Rant with a called shot. Michael and Chantell Sackett are enjoying fresh mulch provided ...
Four Steps for Energy Transition
I spent last week in California, where the energy transition is being jammed at a breakneck pace like a square peg ...
CO2 Pipelines and Ethanol – Entropy Factories
Now and then, a seemingly dumb idea flies through my neocortex like a bat at dusk. Bats have Mr. Magoovian ...
Chevron Going Down
Last year I wrote that the Supreme Court of the United States, SCOTUS, ruling in the West Virginia case, is a sign ...
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