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.
If We Are Serious About Environmental Justice
This week’s Energy Rant was guest written by Teri Lutz, Director of Sales & Marketing at Michaels Energy. Teri ...
Electric Vehicle Plans With the End in Mind
This week I’m repackaging recent news on electric vehicle (EV) developments – market, technical, and utility ...
Giant Killing Customer Experience
The snow has melted for now, although a foot of snow is forecasted overnight as I draft this. The lake ice is ...
Electric Utility 2050
As we prepare to take our energy storage solutions to market, I gathered recent news reports, analyzed them all, ...
Smart Renewables Cool the Climate Apocalypse
My passion is applying the right technology in the right place and at the right time for maximum effectiveness. ...
Are You Serious About the Climate Apocalypse?
Washington Post headline last week: “World is on brink of catastrophic warming, U.N. climate change report says.” ...
The Book on Energy Program Evaluation – Tssssss
Although, or maybe because Michaels Energy has provided research and evaluation services for about 25 years, I’ve ...
The Anxious Leader and Li-Ion Batteries
One of the nasty results of the Covid lockdowns was the meteoric growth of electric bikes. I thought, great. Let’s ...
Eyes Open for Food and Energy Waste
General Russel Honoré delivered the closing plenary from last week’s AESP Annual Conference. He humorously but ...
1,500 Pages of Deregulation
Last week I mentioned genuine intelligence over artificial happy-talk intelligence. Want to know what the latter ...
Electricity Deregulation and Disasters
I think the bots troll the Rant because as soon as I report something, here comes a related article. The latest ...
Capacity Market Poker
About two weeks ago, New England got a punch in the mouth from old man winter. I tuned into the Mt. Washington ...
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