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.
Carbon Abatement – Is that Pulp in Your Teeth?
Easy peasy lemon squeezy, to repeat a phrase of one rant fan a while back – that describes carbon slayers’ victory ...
The Case for Energy Efficiency – That Our Mothers Understand
If energy efficiency programs are considered and measured to be a good thing in some states, why are they not good ...
Utility Death Spiral? The Duck has Your Back
There is weekly, if not daily, chatter about the end of the monopolistic electric utility systems we have today. ...
Attribution and Net to Gross – Pop Tarts or Oatmeal?
Last week I attended the ACEEE National Symposium on Market Transformation in Baltimore. Learning and information ...
Decoupling – A Love Story
Perhaps I am naïve, but to be more effective it seems interveners would do well to understand motives of ...
Nest Thermostat – A Bird in the Hand
Six or seven years ago, without knowing more about the Nest thermostat, I would have commented something to the ...
Energy Efficiency Potential and the Low Hanging Disease
When I first started working at Michaels, still in my 20s, my workdays usually ended around 5:15, and since I was ...
De-Risking Energy Efficiency – From Both Sides
Recently I have been preparing a presentation on a broad array of energy efficiency issues for executives and ...
Governors Crush Shaheen-Portman
This week’s post is brought to you by the National Resources Defense Council. Yes indeed; states are leading the ...
National Energy Use and Efficiency
Okay boys and girls; this week features a slice of energy geek heaven spawned by this human/America whapping ...
Why Customers Don’t Trust Energy Efficiency – Versus Stupid Pet Tricks
As I mentioned in a LinkedIn post last week, this week’s Energy Rant involves an interesting article Why ...
Energy Program Evaluation Asylum
Last week, some colleagues and I attended the International Energy Program Evaluation Conference (IEPEC) in ...
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