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.
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 ...
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 ...
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