
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.

Reverse Efficiency Beatings with DRIPE
Does more industrial [or commercial or residential] energy efficiency lower energy prices for all? That is a ...

An Appetizer Into DRIPE, the Main Course
What do you envision from the word dripe? I think of boiling cowhides as feedstock for collagen peptides in the ...

Pretty Pleas to the Purchasing Department
I have a lot of gray hair. It’s a little frightening to see the age setting in when I see myself on video, but the ...

Save the Ships for the Energy Transition
I’m not a casino gambler because I know who wins. I learned long ago that a stock is worth what the next guy will ...

Next Up: A Wild Energy Ride
It has been a frothy year for the energy industry, and it will continue well into next year and beyond. How far? ...

Supporting DBEs? Play the Long Game
We live in a world of instant gratification and making this quarter’s numbers, or at most, annual numbers, is the ...

Middle Actors Take the Fork, Customers Take the Change
When I stick my neck out, it’s often nice to discover others are on board to slow down the machete. I stash ...

GEBs The Final Chapter – Baby Steps!
This is my sixth and final post on Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBs), including the great interview with ...

What’s in Your (Org’s) Name?
After several weeks of hardcore grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs) discussion and brutal challenges, I’m ...

Special Rant Vlog with Performance-Based Ratemaking Guru, Doug Scott
This week, we’re continuing our discussion on GEBs (Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings) with our special guest ...

Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings Part 4: Utilities Ask, Why?
This is the fourth in a series of posts on grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs). Here is a summary of the ...

Grid-Interactive Buildings Part 3: Customer Perspectives
The first in this series of posts on grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs) described the intent of GEBs. The ...
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