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.
Rooftop Solar’s Tiger by the Tail
Four years after I explained why distributed rooftop solar[1] on every home bucks every successful ongoing ...
Texas Heat – An Energy Market
Texans may need Tabasco, not just for their favorite dish or condiment, but as a deterrent to chewing their ...
No Penalties for Attribution
This week, we finish the series on attribution studies. First, let me explain, while I beat up attribution ...
Attribution on the Cheap
In the last two Rant posts, we learned that our 40-year-old program evaluation frameworks need to change to ...
Stifling Impacts of Jurassic Evaluation Dogma
If efficiency programs were telephones, the evaluation community would still be using wall-mounted analog dial-ups ...
Stop Conforming to Waste
Two weeks ago, I wrote that efficiency programs are designed to be evaluated. They are not designed to be ...
Prospects for Peril in Pay for Performance
This week, we are continuing the discussion from last week’s Pay 4 Performance Sequel post. There is a sequel to ...
Petroleum Fascinations and Price Drivers
Last week, we explored ethanol carbon content, carbon caps and markets, and refiner profits on gasoline and diesel ...
Ethanol – Where Physics, Politics, and Emission Limits Collide
I recently researched many attributes and market effects for liquid fuels for a project we are working on, and ...
Lessons from a Smart Thermostat Assessment
Many of us at Michaels are gluttons for data and accompanying analysis. Our homes are test beds. In this post, we ...
A Prolific Coincidence in Power Generation
When I dig in to research a topic for the Rant, it’s a bit like American Pickers with Mike and Frank, but not ...
Why Would Wind Turbines Warm the Planet? Find Out Here
Last week we started to learn how wind turbines impact the environment from a global warming perspective. As an ...
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