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:

Interior Department energy propaganda misleading, disingenuous January 10, 2012
IER Releases Facts to Counter Administration Claims About Domestic Energy Production
Environmentalists battle the coal industry with regulations January 10, 2012
Permit and Lease Activity under the Obama Administration
IER’s Tom Pyle issues statement on Arizona mining ban January 10, 2012
Obama administration would impose a new 20-year, million-acre ban on uranium mining for federal lands in Arizona
Electric Grid Reliability Problems: The Result of EPA Regulations? January 6, 2012
So the question remains, is meeting the administration's ill-conceived green energy goal worth jeorpardizing the reliability of our electric grid and closing hundreds of plants that employ thousands of American workers?
Total Recall: GM Advises Volt Owners to Return the Vehicle January 6, 2012
Mackinac Center released a study compiling all state and federal taxpayer giveaways for the creation and production of the Chevy Volt. In sum, the taxpayer contributed $250,000 for each Chevy Volt
Worse than Madoff? USDA biofuels investment goes bust January 6, 2012
USDA-backed biofuels plant in Soperton, Georgia has lost taxpayers nearly $60 million
Wind power and the free market January 4, 2012
Wind Power Dependent on Tilted Playing Field Established by the Government
Overcapacity plagues solar industry January 4, 2012
Over capacity, declining prices, dwindling subsidies and bankrupt companies.
IER President Tom Pyle’s Statement on New Keystone XL Route December 30, 2011
No more excuses, Mr. President: Environmental regulators in the State of Nebraska released yesterday a map that allows TransCanada to implement a plan for development of the Keystone XL pipeline
Death and Toxins: How Krugman Botched His Mercury Commentary December 29, 2011
The Origins of a Bogus Statistic: The Liberal Blogosphere Telephone Game
Let it glow! Let it glow! Let it glow! December 24, 2011
Energy Use and Societal Progress
Making Sense of Levelized Costs December 22, 2011
Levelized cost comparisons are much less valuable when comparing intermittent technologies to dispatchable, or "on demand" power sources
Expect Higher Electricity Prices December 22, 2011
Effect of State Clean Energy Programs on Electricity Prices
IER President Releases Statement on New EPA Regs December 22, 2011
The utility MACT will mean more power in Lisa Jackson's hands, less power for American families, and fewer jobs for American workers
Blackout: Monday Night Football Previews Living In a World Governed By Increasing EPA Regulation December 21, 2011
NERC estimates that EPA air regulations will shutter between 7.5 and 17.8 gigawatts of electric generation capacity
Update on the Impact of EPA’s Regulatory Assault December 19, 2011
Update on the Impact of EPA's Utility MACT and Transport Rules: New Regulations to Take 30 GW of Electricity Generation Offline and the Announcements Keep Coming
New EPA Regulations to harm U.S. electricity generation, threaten national security December 19, 2011
The EPA is determined to shut down coal-fired power plants, the source of nearly half of our electricity
Exxon predicts U.S. oil imports have peaked December 14, 2011
IER has estimated that North America has 1.7 trillion barrels of technically recoverable oil
House Votes to Expedite Keystone XL Decision December 14, 2011
U.S. continues to spend $700 million per day on oil from overseas suppliers at today's price of almost $100 per barrel
President’s delays on Keystone XL compromise American energy security, cost jobs and dollars December 14, 2011
At this point, the greatest obstacle to American jobs and energy security is President Barack Obama
Can anyone figure out President Obama’s job creation strategy?? December 9, 2011
He claims he wants to see more Americans working, but then he rejects private sector projects that would create tens of thousands of American jobs
Bring the Oil Employees Back Home! December 8, 2011
U.S. will be the top global oil and gas producer, surpassing Russia and Saudi Arabia
IER releases statement on EPA draft fracking report December 8, 2011
Researchers at Penn State who claimed to find contaminants due to hydraulic fracturing have withdrawn their findings and attributed the evidence they alleged to a laboratory error
Navy Buys Fuel at $15 per Gallon: They Should Read IER’s New Report December 7, 2011
The Navy Biofuels Story, North America, and the United States in particular, is awash in fossil fuels
IER Responds to President Obama’s Keystone Veto Threat December 7, 2011
Keystone XL oil pipeline, payroll tax cut extension
The Report the White House Doesn’t Want You To Read December 6, 2011
North American Energy Inventory
DOE’s Renewables Failures: They Keep Going and Going and Going… December 6, 2011
Government officials should not be in the business of using tax dollars to pick winners and losers in the energy sector
Barack Obama: Enron’s Heir December 2, 2011
Enron’s intellectually insolvent “green energy” model is alive and well in the Obama Administration
The New North Dakota: Shale Oil Takes Off in Colorado December 1, 2011
The shale oil and shale gas revolution is coming to Colorado
Growing Disenchantment with Renewable Energy November 30, 2011
Government investment in failed energy technologies has cost American taxpayers billions of dollars