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.
Safe Nuclear Power v Chernobyl
Green and climate change warriors – see how important nuclear power is to CO2 emissions in one chart, courtesy of ...
Phony Avoided Cost Models in a Free-Agent Market
The last two posts, Nuclear Power over the White Rabbit and the Clean Power Plan Corpse, demonstrated the fruits ...
Clean Power Plan – The Corpse Phase
Last week I cracked open the most recent edition of Public Utilities Fortnightly and discovered an interesting ...
Nuclear Power over White Rabbits for a Reliable, Affordable, Zero-Carbon Future
I update my electrification slides for the Wisconsin Public Utilities Institute’s Utility Basics course every year ...
Decarbonization Strategies for Manufacturing
Last week a Yahoo News reporter headlined an article, Biden Administration Seeks to Lower Industrial Greenhouse ...
Strategic Energy Planning
I don’t think my mom played football, but she thought she knew how to take down a ball carrier. “Hit them low! ...
Channeling Patton for Energy Policy
Of 34 personality characteristics, my top strength, according to Gallup CliftonStrengths®, is “context.” What does ...
Champion Elements for Energy and Demand Management Programs
This is the finale of better than best commercial and industrial program practices – including a summary cheat ...
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 ...
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