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.
Program Secrets for Large Commercial and Industrial
Maybe it’s the Implementation Contractor
Classic golden opportunities in retro-commissioning include fixing the ...
Better than Best Programs with Market Transformation
Last week I couldn’t resist responding to the ISO New England’s report, 2021 Economic Study: Future Grid ...
Profiles in Decarb – I Call Ham
When I started at Michaels millennia ago, we had a brilliant walking encyclopedia of knowledge and engineering ...
Better than Best Program Practices
When Val Jenson talks, I listen. When he writes, I read. His recent article in Energy Central triggered an ...
Electrification at Scale
Two weeks ago, I wrote the “electric storage industry that is grabbing all they can before someone figures out ...
Rant Revelations Unleashed
This week in concert with critical thought prompted by the EPRI electrification conference, I introduce Rant ...
Electrification – Damn the Torpedo
I attended Electric Power Research Institute’s Electrification 2022 Conference in Charlotte a couple of weeks ago. ...
Process Optimization – Elvis Gets It
When I was a kid, maybe in junior high, we were assigned a project to describe, step by step, how to make a peanut ...
S&P ESG, Tells of a Scam
I knew a little about ESG – environmental, social, and corporate governance. I even saved a few articles to my ...
Energy Inflation and Resetting the Dislocated Shoulder
As of last week, year-to-date energy prices are up 58% for NYMEX crude oil, 91% for NYMEX gasoline, and only 39% ...
Jack Linked on Gasoline Markets
I drove the 3.5-hour route to see my mother last weekend. In preparation, I decided to fill my little tank the ...
Managing Utility Bills with Automation and Information
Another week and we have two more dire warning shots of forecast blackouts this summer. These come from The Wall ...
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