by Jeff Ihnen | Dec 21, 2015 | Energy Rant
Last week, a colleague asked about my take on climate change. This is a wide open question, and my response was babbling and incoherent. Having some time to forge a coherent response, there is nothing in the technological pipeline, nor is there an existence of policy...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 27, 2015 | Energy Rant
I imagine the EPA is working feverishly on their final ruling for the Clean Power Plan (proposed under the Clean Air Act), due this June. Meanwhile, many states and one prominent company, Murray Energy, are digging in to do legal battle for decades to come,...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 1, 2015 | Energy Rant
The source of this week’s post about the utility of the future is this Utility Dive article about Pacific Gas and Electric’s proposed incentives for electric vehicles. The article made me think of this: liberals think big business is evil and conservatives think big...
by Jeff Ihnen | Dec 1, 2014 | Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant
As you must know, the EPA’s release of its Clean Power Plan on June 2nd of this year includes four “building blocks” to achieve a 30% reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, using a reference year of 2005. Those building blocks are as follows: Improve the heat...
by Jeff Ihnen | Nov 10, 2014 | Energy Rant
Last week I attended the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) conference in Atlanta. With that, I have a confession to make: I rarely sit and listen to speakers or take notes either because there is nothing new[1], and there is rarely any sort of technical or...
