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.
Electric Vehicle (EV) Sales Swoon – Easy Remedies
The electric car (or vehicle / EV) may be the most captivating technology of my career. I panned EVs ten years ago ...
Grid Modernization Risk and Protest
God, it’s great to be back writing again. On that note, here is a quote, “There’s an old saying: Everyone wants to ...
Inch or Mile? Indispensable Thumbs Guide Impact Evaluation
Hi. How’re you? Jeff Ihnen here. I’m back and almost live. I’ve been away on several temporary assignments that ...
Natural Gas Savings II – I will Huff(!) aanndd Puff(!) and Not Blowdown!
Two weeks ago, in Natural Gas Savings – Traps and H Vacs we looked at some basic natural-gas-saving measures. The ...
Natural Gas Savings, Traps, and H Vacs
I flipped open AESP’s[1] annual magazine to pick up a topic for this week. I chose the last article on natural gas ...
Strategic Energy Management is Elvis
You’ve been there – on the phone trying to get some help from a car dealership, appliance store, online retailer. ...
Property Value, Rent, and Energy Cost Exclusivity
About twenty years ago, I moved into my first home, which sits on a beautiful lot where the cattle used to graze. ...
Electricity – Breakpoints, Tipping Points and Imagination
The Wall Street Journal published an interesting article last week – it would be fascinating if it weren’t sadly ...
Are Electric Utilities in for a Taxi Ride?
I spent part of last week at the Smart Electric Power Alliance’s Grid Evolution Summit. In my notes I wrote, SEPA ...
Efficiency’s Problem: Cyborgs, Fragments, and Climate
The number of bipartisan political issues that can be counted on one finger is shrinking fast. All this while the ...
Wind’s Dramatic Impact on Pricing – In Two Directions – Why?
This is the second in a two-post series on electricity prices as impacted by deregulation and renewable energy ...
Regulation v Deregulation in True Color
Recent projects have led me to examine how deregulated electricity markets work. Since I am naturally curious, I ...
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