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.
The Four Horsemen of the Rebound
“Hey Honey – our energy costs are down, so let’s have another kid.” This is the absurd logic behind studies linked ...
THE Successful Model for Pay for Performance
Livin' it Up in Hotel California
I’ve written about pay for performance (P4P) programs no less than six times in ...
The Rant Goes Vlogging: Critical Conversations
In this week's Energy Rant, we're spicing things up with a recording - rather than a blog post - of some hot ...
Years of Dominos Fall in Texas
Last week when the Rant “went to press,” which is to say, when I wrote it Saturday, the arctic blast was merely a ...
STEM Brilliance for You and Your Kids
It’s been cold here in the Midwest. In ten days in La Crosse, WI, where I am, the average low was -13.7F, average ...
Case Study in Energy Transition
No one will confuse me with Simon Sinek, a great speaker, but one thing I can do is nail my timeslot. If I’m ...
Energy Demand Management for Mad Dogs
Does every decision boil down to a binary choice? A binary choice is a decision between two alternatives, like yes ...
Zero Net Cost for Zero Net Energy – Melt the Calf
Have you ever thrown a cat into the deep end of a swimming pool? Neither have I, but I bet they wouldn’t like it. ...
Distributed Employee Resources – Alignment is Everything
We’re going off-road this week, inspired by some things I read in The Zweig Letter. The title of the article is ...
Lithium is Not Nirvana
I am typically afforded the freedom to chase rabbits as I write these posts, but last week my mission was to ...
Soothsayer Says: Eight Predictions for the Energy Industry
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing now. That quasi-cliché is why I have never had a New Year’s resolution, and ...
Baker’s Dozen Energy and Carbon Saving Tricks
Do squeaky wheels get the grease? No. They get replaced (Peter’s principle). Adulators get dessert. That is the ...
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