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 Units – Yesteryear’s Pool Brat Punks
Last week several of us at Michaels bemoaned the hazards of operations and maintenance (O&M), controls, and ...
The Utility Store – Unimaginable Value
Last week’s post about utility innovation and the need for legislative reform for a modern grid was a big hit. ...
Why Energy Efficiency? – Five Findings
This year ACEEE published a three-part series on why people and companies invest in energy efficiency. First, they ...
Energy Efficiency in a Land of Renewable Foie Gras
A couple weeks ago in Renewable Energy, Bad Parents, and Strawberries, I wrote that the value of an electrical ...
Nuclear Power – What’s it worth to you?
Author’s Note: Mike Frischmann here. I’m doing my best Jeff Ihnen impression and filling in for the Rant this ...
Renewable Energy, Bad Parents, and Midwest Strawberries
If you enjoyed the greatest modern decade of sports, when MJ went six for six in the NBA finals, you would ...
Reverse Diversification Coming to a Utility Near You
In my Personal Finance class as an undergraduate, our instructor used the term diworsification[1] for large ...
I’ll Take Smart Grid for $200, Alex – What is AMI?
Last week, in a moment of weakness, I was on my Pinterest board (is that what it’s called?), when I came upon this ...
Gozer the Disruptor: Replace or Be Replaced
This Rant post is propelled by AESP goers.
Several colleagues and I attended AESP’s summer conference for ...
Program Evaluation – Most Excellent Avocado Practices
Everyone has applied for health insurance[1], and many of you have applied for life insurance. Anyone over, oh, ...
Drive-By Evaluation – Buffalo Bill at Large
Thank you to Mike Frischmann (our Director of Evaluation Engineering) for contributing to this week’s ...
Commercial HVAC – Retrofit v New Construction: Apples v Poutine
This post is the main course following last week’s appetizer that covered some complexities of deep energy ...
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