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.
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 ...
Wholesale Electricity Market Mechanisms
PSA
I thought of making some wisecracks about the trial balloon that the Chinese Communist Party drifted over the ...
Power Grid Vulnerabilities; Eyes on the Prize
In this year’s twelve-pack of predictions for 2023, I forecast that the attacks on the U.S. power grid would ...
Flowing Water at 22 Degrees Fahrenheit
As undergraduate mechanical engineering students, we took materials science courses and studied phase diagrams ...
Decarb Warriors
Last week I read a statement from a retail energy provider. It said, “100% green rates, always.” It doesn’t work ...
A Twelve-Pack for 2023
A Twelve-Pack for 2023
Last year Las Vegas booked my predictions at 1:1.5 odds. This year I’m being more ...
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