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.
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 ...
Climate Change 1, Things Untold
Of fourteen categories of Rant topics, Climate Change scored a solid seventh place for subjects readers want to ...
Clean Power Plan v the World
Last week, a colleague asked about my take on climate change. This is a wide open question, and my response was ...
Big Deal Big Data – Usain Bolt v Engineer
A year ago, I opened one Rant with Smart meter. Smart meter. Smart meter. Smart meter. Smart grid. Smart grid. ...
Energy Audits – Segmenting ASHRAE’s Jello, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy
Just about every energy efficiency portfolio offers customers some sort of energy audit. They practically all ...
Smart Grid Segmentation – Taking on the Dumb Meter Activists
I have written several times about smart grid hype; in particular about a year ago in Deaf and Mute Smart Meter. ...
Voter Support for Efficiency = Metal to the Pedal, Thing to the Floor
It may be that I pay more attention compared to several years ago, but there seems to be a lot of churn in energy ...
Strategic Energy Management – Try Not, Do or Do Not
A couple months ago, I co-authored an AESP Strategies article with Diana Husmann from Nexant and Teri Lutz from ...
Total Resource Cost Test – Less than Total is Better??
I spent considerable time a year ago figuring out the various cost effectiveness tests that are applied to energy ...
Trade Allies; Care for a Nail, Sir
Would you like to hear about the founding of Michaels? Great! Jim Michaels, founder and namesake of the company, ...
The Warts of Combined Heat and Power, Puppies Not Included
Having seen several interesting emails form ACEEE come through during my uber busy week, one of the first things I ...
Evaluators & Implementers; I Would Die 4 U
I’m not your lover. I’m not your friend. I am something you will never comprehend. Beeeeewwww. I would die 4 ...
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