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 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: ...
DOE Pumping Standards – Can-a-Corn
Apparently, the nauseating term “low-hanging fruit” is not even a relevant idiom. According to Priceonomics.com, ...
Cost of Saved Energy – Drop it and Give Me Twenty
I was planning to write about industrial efficiency and the crimes of opting out this week, but while searching ...
Segmentation with AESP, Featuring Mason Verger
This post contains wild ideas that sprouted during last week’s AESP National Conference in Phoenix. Specifically, ...
Deemed Savings and the Variable Frequency Drive
In recent years, there has been a push by some intervenors and program implementers to move larger and larger, and ...
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