by Liz Haworth | Sep 9, 2025 | Energy Rant
Guest blogger Liz Haworth, VP of Marketing at Michaels Energy That’s right, Jeff handed me the keys to The Energy Rant this week (what could possibly go wrong?)! Don’t worry – I’m not here to argue about kilowatts, rates, or policies. Instead, I’m wading into a...
by Jeff Ihnen | Sep 10, 2024 | Energy Rant
Every day, there is a headline about the explosion of data center growth and associated electric loads that will rapidly deplete reserve capacity on the electric grid. The Energy Rant featured several posts to describe the magnitude of the issue and concern among...
by Jeff Ihnen | Sep 6, 2022 | Energy Rant
Of 34 personality characteristics, my top strength, according to Gallup CliftonStrengths®, is “context.” What does context mean, according to Gallup? History. Gallup describes the history strength: “You look back. You look back because that is where the answers lie....
by Jeff Ihnen | Oct 26, 2021 | Energy Rant
It has been a frothy year for the energy industry, and it will continue well into next year and beyond. How far? Heh heh. Let’s start with coal. After plummeting 30% in 2020, consumption bounced back, gaining 35% in 2021. Doing the math, that doesn’t quite get coal...
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...
