by Jeff Ihnen | Mar 10, 2021 | Energy Rant
Livin’ it Up in Hotel California I’ve written about pay for performance (P4P) programs no less than six times in this blog. I’ll start with a recap of those posts and move the ball forward once again. We’re well within field goal range! In Tooling Pay for...
by Jessica Wagner | Feb 17, 2021 | The Big Why
Welcome back to the Challenges of Estimating NTG, where we explore the challenges of assigning a numeric counterfactual value to a complex decision-making process. Part 1 discussed the baseline in free-ridership questions to determine what would have happened in the...
by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 10, 2021 | Energy Rant
No one will confuse me with Simon Sinek, a great speaker, but one thing I can do is nail my timeslot. If I’m mindful of the time I have available, 20 minutes, etc., I will nail it – except one time[1]. That was last fall as I was doing my fourth rendition of...
by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 3, 2021 | Energy Rant
Does every decision boil down to a binary choice? A binary choice is a decision between two alternatives, like yes or no, and do or do not. This applies to determining what ‘is’ and ‘is not’ a factor in decision making. For example, deciding that the color of a car...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 27, 2021 | Energy Rant
Have you ever thrown a cat into the deep end of a swimming pool? Neither have I, but I bet they wouldn’t like it. Likewise, status-quo program evaluators will not like what’s coming down the pike for several reasons, starting with one in this post for residential and...
