by Jeff Ihnen | Jul 15, 2025 | Energy Rant
This week, I am just about wrapping up everything from the Mid-America Regulatory Conference held in Indianapolis. However, there is so much content that I’m saving the best (nuclear power) for last, next week. Cyber Threats An early session featured a panel of...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jun 4, 2025 | Energy Rant
Artificial intelligence is reordering society in many ways. Last week, I wrote, “We may not be getting dumber, but we’re demonstrably becoming more dependent on technology, less innovative, and less creative.” Since then, I have read this interesting...
by Jeff Ihnen | May 27, 2025 | Energy Rant
Last week, I lamented permanent tax credits that balloon the national debt, drive up interest rates, and exponentially increase borrowing costs. Two things have happened since: The House passed its version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), which...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 29, 2025 | Energy Rant
It is challenging to avoid artificial intelligence and its implications for the electric grid and limit AI-centric blog posts to one per month. This post follows up and doubles down on AI, Manufacturing, and the Bridge Out Ahead, which discussed Trump’s tariffs,...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 21, 2025 | Energy Rant
Did you notice the lights flickering or dimming around noon on Saturday? That was me stomping on the AI gas pedals to inspire this week’s edition of the Energy Rant. I asked ChatGPT for an example of thinking outside the box, which, duh, is precisely what artificial...
