The 117th Congress and Energy and Environmental Legislation
In an effort to keep the ball rolling, as it were, with more frequent blog entries in 2021, here is a second installment. Picking up where we left off last time, in D.C., this entry relates to what the next Congress may bring for legislative change, most notably related to energy and the environment. Although […]
January 6, 2021 and the Coming (R)evolution
The date January 6, 2021 will be forever imprinted on the minds of those old enough to appreciate the gravity of the situation and those who recognize the events for what they were. I am personally struck by the strangeness of it all, and it’s difficult not to see the events in abstract terms because […]
Utility Death Spiral and the Parallels Between Solar and Energy Efficiency
There has been a lot of buzz in the electric utility industry over the last several years about an impending death spiral related to the rapid rise of distributed solar. And, to be sure, there is anxiety in the industry about what it all could mean. That said, opportunities exist for utilities to more actively […]
Primer on energy efficiency
At the encouragement of the younger people in our lives to become more social media savvy, The Mendota Group, LLC is launching this Blog. The aim is to muse about issues and items related to the work we do. The hope is that this doesn’t devolve into excessive amounts of navel gazing (great term btw) […]