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.
Grid-Interactive Buildings Part 2 – Funny How?
Last week in the Opening Salvo, we studied the desired results of grid-interactive efficient buildings, aka GEBs. ...
Opening Salvo to Grid-Interactive Buildings
To help accommodate intermittent renewable solar and wind power generation while minimizing grid and supply-side ...
Chasms of Big Tech and Utilities
Last month, Utility Dive posted an article describing how big tech (Google, Amazon, etc.) is taking the lead for ...
Fish Fried Conversations of Efficiency
As described last week, net savings and program attribution are measures of an efficiency program's influence on ...
Socially Undesirable Net Savings
I’ve never been a parent to humans, but as I say to friends and companions, I was a child once, and I did have ...
Emerging Technology v Disruption
Hi folks! We’re picking up from last week’s post in which we examined three vital elements for advancing ...
From Pilot to Mainstream – Barriers and Solutions
“We need some ideas for saving energy. Whaddya got?” Have you ever heard those lines? They are about as common as ...
Climate Change, Theory, Practice, and the Farmer’s Almanac
We are carrying the ball forward from last week’s post that delivered hoards of historical climate data. If you ...
Measuring Climate Change
The super heatwave of a couple of weeks ago in the northwest got me thinking about weather anomalies and climate ...
PBR Me, and Spare the Ham
Last week we explored the mélange of combinations of energy efficiency portfolio administration, delivery, and ...
Efficiency in Your State – Hulk Hogan v Rowdy Roddy Piper?
What are the key ingredients to high-performing energy efficiency programs? That is the question that came to mind ...
Know Grid History and the MOPR
The electric grid is the most complex beast on the planet, ever. Let’s set the table. Electricity has been ...
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