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.
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 ...
Breaking Bread with Lost Sheep
10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his ...
Turbulence, Tribes, and Climate Change
The topic of climate change is fascinating to me because I love to learn why people believe what they believe. I ...
Decarbonizing the Bourgeoisie Through the Eye of a Needle
Climate change mitigation policies are firmly intertwined in hot political tribalism like school choice, abortion, ...
NMEC Jedi and NRE Troopers
In theory, normalized metered energy consumption, or NMEC, would allow demand-side resources, whether dispatchable ...
The PG&E Bankruptcy – Scorched Earth
This blog features dozens of posts regarding the nuances, obscurities, and upside down world of the public utility ...
Fascination: Battery Storage Increases Carbon Emissions
“Casual observers are often wrong.” Why didn’t I think of this for a tagline? It is a line inked by utility ...
Fresh Air Causes Asthma?
Show me anything, and I’ll investigate it. This investigation was spurred by an article blurb I reviewed for a ...
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