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.
Utility Scale vs Small Distributed Generation – Protection by Savage Suffolks
The June issue of Public Utilities Fortnightly (PUF) featured a supplemental, special report in collaboration with ...
Building Energy Models – Less Useful Than You Think
The convergence of several issues, and AESP’s Summer Conference, Technology – The Great Game Changer, gave me no ...
Betting with Deregulation – A Risky Proposition
Energy is a commodity, and like all commodities, it is wise to hedge risk; not go the other way and place bets. ...
Performance Contracting – Getting it Right; Avoiding #1 Matches
Per the Energy Services Coalition, energy service companies (ESCOs) that deliver energy savings performance ...
Utility Innovation – Smart Load Building, Yes; Smart Apps, Not so Much
Constant, 60 Hertz, 120/208 Volt, 277/480 Volt power, 99.999% of the time. That’s it. That is all electric ...
FERC 745 – The Worst Order Ever Produced?
Robert Borlick writes in Public Utilities Fortnightly that FERC Order 745 is “one of the worst orders FERC has ...
Market Forces Give (Carbon Reduction); Market Forces and Flawed Policy Take Away
What is the purpose of the Clean Power Plan? To reduce emissions to 30% below 2005 levels by 2030?
No.
It ...
Learning Calculus via Demand and Energy
Last week, I was commenting on some retro-commissioning findings, and I was considering demand savings estimates ...
Cannabis – A Big Issue Coming to a Utility Near You
Every kilogram of marijuana produced has a carbon bigfoot print of 4.3 metric tonnes (4.7 tons) of CO2. Marijuana ...
Program Adoption Curves – Telephones and Televisions
There are certain energy efficiency programs that we are never going to pursue – all those that are in the late ...
Energy Efficiency Potential Studies – Unnecessary for Utility 2.0
A few weeks ago in Cost of Saved Energy, I received some great feedback and a few questions. The questions ...
Efficiency v Renewables; Stability v Instability
It’s about time I got back to my stack of research reports, and I have a good one this week to write about: ...
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