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:

Solar Industry Fiascos Continue March 11, 2015

Abound Solar, Oregon, Solar, SolarCity, Solyndra

EPA to Regulate Methane Emissions Despite Huge Decline March 5, 2015

EPA, Methane emissions, natural gas, oil and gas industry

Obama Budget to Make Wind Subsidies Permanent March 5, 2015

AWEA, Obama, Wind PTC

Carbon Tax Swap Barely Works, Even in Theory March 2, 2015

Carbon tax, Niskanen Center, public choice theory, revenue

Sorry, EPA, There’s No Evidence You Care About Grid Reliability February 26, 2015

Coal, DOE, EPA, existing source rule, Grid reliability, natural gas, NERC

Obama Vetoes Keystone Pipeline Bill February 26, 2015

Vetoing this legislation means putting special interests and ideology above American workers, who need the jobs that Keystone XL

Greatest Threat to the Power Grid: Our Own Government February 24, 2015

Coal power, electricity, EPA, natural gas, NERC, nuclear power, power grid

STUDY: Assessing Emerging Policy Threats to the U.S. Power Grid February 24, 2015

This year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is slated to finalize a regulation that closes reliable power plants and forces the use of unreliable sources of electricity

Obama Subsidizes U.S. Solar Energy and Promises to Do the Same in India February 20, 2015

Coal power, India, Narendra Modi, president Obama, solar power, subsidies, taxpayers protection alliance

America’s Shale Boom Reduced Oil Prices and U.S. Oil Imports February 19, 2015

Hydraulic fracturing, imports, oil, OPEC, shale boom, U.S. Oil Production

The President’s Budget and the PTC February 18, 2015

Budget, electricity, ITC, Obama, PTC

Study Undermines Scientific Basis for EPA’s Ozone Rule February 17, 2015

Asthma, EPA, ozone, poverty

Environmentalists Allow Oil Drilling on Their Land; But Oppose It in ANWR February 13, 2015

The Obama Administration needs to take into consideration the benefits of oil drilling in ANWR to the state of Alaska, consumers of the oil in the lower 48 states

“Divestment Day” Hurts Investors, Does Nothing for Climate February 12, 2015

Coal, divestment, Fossil Fuels, global divestment day, natural gas, oil

Obama’s Policies Kill U.S. State-of-the-Art Coal Technology February 11, 2015

Arkansas, Coal, EPA, Obama

The Climate Change “Consensus” Isn’t What the Washington Post Thinks February 10, 2015

Carbon tax, climate change, consensus, Washington Post

Can We Rely Upon Wind in Cold Weather? Ask the UK February 9, 2015

Cold weather, electricity, UK, Wind

Russia Uses Devious Means to Rid the United States of Domestic Oil and Gas February 7, 2015

Alaskan oil, ANWR, fracking, Keystone XL, Russia

CRS Reports on Solar Manufacturing: U.S. Closes Numerous Facilities February 5, 2015

CRS, manufacturing, Solar