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May 26

RFPs, Wind & Participants from Hell; Tales from AESP Spring 2015

By Jeff Ihnen Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant 2 Comments

Last week’s AESP Spring Conference was the best that I can recall, in terms of the content delivered, in my opinion. Perhaps I got lucky and went to the right presentations. Perhaps it’s because I went to more presentations than usual. Most likely it is for another reason, and readers will have to call me for that because it’s an advantage I want to hold among die-hard rant fans. I attended an Espresso Learning Shots discussion led by Laura Orfanedes from Fiveworx. The topic was requests for proposals (RFPs) from both sides of the fence – from the buyer (utility)…

Feb 04

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DoGooder Equity

By Jeff Ihnen Energy Efficiency, Energy Rant 2 Comments

Upon reading some manager/principal/owner interviews in business publications, the publisher asks, “What keeps you awake at night?” My answer to that would be: Nothing. The reason for this is utilities are regulated monopolies and the energy efficiency program portfolios they run are cost effective. I.e., we, as an industry, are contributing to net wealth generation for consumers and not just redistributing it – it’s EE or power plants, poles and wires and either way, the consumer pays, and we are helping them pay less. A major reason I am a huge advocate of EE programs is that they are cost…