Institute for Energy Research

The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is a not-for-profit organization that conducts intensive research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets. IER maintains that freely-functioning energy markets provide the most efficient and effective solutions to today’s global energy and environmental challenges and, as such, are critical to the well-being of individuals and society.

Most Recent Articles by Institute for Energy Research:

Issa Report Uncovers Fraud in DOE Loans March 20, 2012
Solyndra scandal was just the tip of the iceberg, and that the Administration's various efforts to bolster renewable energy technologies were riddled with economic inefficiency and outright corruption
Telling truths, misleading half-truths on oil production March 20, 2012
Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey was questioned about the issue of oil and gas production on federal lands
IER files Keystone XL FOIA request with EPA March 16, 2012
IER requested copies of all communications and correspondence regarding the Keystone XL pipeline
Fossil fuel production on federal lands at 9 year low March 15, 2012
Fossil Fuel Production on Federal Lands, significant decline in offshore oil production on federal lands
IER Responds to Obama Energy Speech March 15, 2012
"Why the president prefers to create jobs in Riyadh and Mecca rather than in Mobile and Pascagoula defies understanding." IER President Thomas Pyle
More solar firms fall into bankruptcy March 14, 2012
Abound Solar Inc., Energy Conversion Devices, Inc
Exposing the 2 percent oil reserves myth March 13, 2012
Proven oil reserves are not stagnant. They are continually changing as companies explore, find and produce oil
Is oil the “fuel of the past” as President Obama suggests? March 13, 2012
President Obama needs to face reality that oil resources here in the United States are vast and that the America public expects to use their gasoline vehicles
North Dakota and the Economic Miracle March 13, 2012
North Dakota: Sound energy policies lead to economic growth, jobs, and access to affordable energy
Bill O’Reilly: Exporting Nonsense on Gas Prices March 9, 2012
Bill O’Reilly’s talking points against oil companies completely misconstrue the actual trade flows of crude oil and refined products
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Increases Electricity Prices March 7, 2012
Study of the Impacts of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Deeply Flawed
Coal: Not Part of the Obama “All-of-the-above” Strategy March 5, 2012
China's Coal-to-Liquids Industry
Algae: America’s future transportation fuel? March 1, 2012
The era of cheap, abundant energy from non-fossil fuels is still many, many years away
Get Real Obama: The SPR is Trapped off our Coasts February 29, 2012
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Green Tape and Political Black Belts February 28, 2012
Keystone XL pipeline
Pain in the gas? What’s causing fuel price spikes February 28, 2012
Facts about gas prices
Price Volatility No Justification for Market Intervention February 27, 2012
If the government wants to implement policies to help, it could refrain from punishing financial trading in commodities markets, remove the obstacles from North American fossil fuel development
Obama’s Oil Problem: Policies Have Consequences February 24, 2012
Expect continued rhetoric and “fake fossil-fuel infatuation” from an anti-oil Administration until the election.
Denmark is no model for the United States February 24, 2012
One of the main drivers of Denmark’s high residential electricity prices is their promotion of wind power.
IER Analysis: Oil and Gas Production Declines on Federal Lands in FY2011 February 24, 2012
Oil and gas production fell last year on taxpayer-owned lands
New Study Finds that Hydraulic Fracturing is Safe February 24, 2012
No direct evidence that fracking itself has contaminated groundwater
IER Statement on proposed tax hikes for affordable energy February 22, 2012
President Obama’s proposal to cut corporate tax rates, which includes tax increases for oil and gas producers and the creation of new tax loopholes and subsidies for renewable sources like wind and solar
Ghost Town? AEA video profiles regulatory assault on Craig, Colorado February 21, 2012
Perfect storm of federal regulations hammering down on the energy industry and state regulations that are having a tremendous impact on the cost of electricity
Not even China can save the wind industry February 18, 2012
Wind Companies Facing an Uncertain Future: Wind industry is in the doldrums because European and American subsidies are running out
Obama Can Give the Economy a New Lease on Life with More Permits February 17, 2012
Restricting today's supply of oil and gas from the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) will have a significant impact on the United States' future energy outlook.
The Obama Budget and Wind Power February 17, 2012
Wind industry simply cannot continue to rely on the American taxpayer
Breaking down EPA’s Light-Duty GHG Emission Standards February 15, 2012
EPA itself suggests that the upper range of the likely impact of the proposed rule will slow global warming by less than 2 hundredths of a degree Celsius…by the year 2100.
IER files comment on EPA’s proposed light-duty rule February 14, 2012
Environmental Protection Agency proposed rule to establish light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards
Oversight Hearing: TX-based energy weighed down by overregulation February 13, 2012
Obama administration’s bureaucratic bonanza is slowing economic growth and harming small businesses in the energy sector
IER Statement on President Obama’s FY2013 Budget February 13, 2012
$3.8 trillion plan that requires the fourth consecutive year of trillion dollar-plus deficits