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.
Avoiding a Downshift Tailspin with the ITC On Storage
Since the One Big Beautiful Bill (a meme from the 80s comes to mind – gag me with a spoon! ????) has passed, ...
Derisking Load Growth and Cost Overruns
If you haven't seen my recent conversation on The False [unrealistic] Promises of Electrification with Katherine ...
The Answer to AI is IA and the Three-Pound Organ
Artificial intelligence is reordering society in many ways. Last week, I wrote, "We may not be getting dumber, but ...
AI, Nukes, and the Entropic Vortex
Last week, I lamented permanent tax credits that balloon the national debt, drive up interest rates, and ...
Pants On Fire Fact Pickers
I'll lead with the conclusion: decarbonization will continue if it costs less than conventional sources, with ...
States’ Rights in the TOMB
Trump's world strategy is to flood the zone with tariffs, executive orders, and chaos. Anti-Trump, aka Team ...
Will Musk Derangement Destroy the EV?
To update readers on my 2025 harbingers posted on January 7, the title nails one thing: "2025 in One Word: ...
A Bridge to Chaos
It is challenging to avoid artificial intelligence and its implications for the electric grid and limit AI-centric ...
Fanatical Execution Beats the Box
Did you notice the lights flickering or dimming around noon on Saturday? That was me stomping on the AI gas pedals ...
Electrified Heating – Thinking it Through
Daylight Savings Rant
It's looking bleak for my annual predictions from January. I must come from behind to ...
AI, Manufacturing, and The Bridge Out Ahead
President Trump plans to remake the world economy, and he's not going to flinch on the tariffs he leveled on ...
Anatomy of a Brazen Scam
Some readers may recall headlines last fall stating that the PJM Interconnection would stop accepting energy ...
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