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:

Sharing the Burden of the Wind PTC Wind December 16, 2013
Federal subsidies, production tax credit, PTC, wind power
West Virginia: An Energy and Economic Analysis December 11, 2013
Energy and economic facts, state analysis, West Virginia
EIA’s Drilling Productivity Report December 9, 2013
Bakken, drilling, Eagle Ford Basin, EIA, gas, oil, Productivity, Rig
The Debilitating Cost of Federal Regulatory Compliance December 7, 2013
Energy, FERC, hydropower
Assault on Coal Brings High Unemployment to Eastern Kentucky December 6, 2013
“Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket"
STUDY: Majority of States Losing Millions to Big Wind December 3, 2013
PTC, wind energy, wind production tax credit
Departing FERC Chairman Rejects “All of the Above” Energy Policy November 30, 2013
Need for pro-consumer and pro-energy groups to pay attention to the off-the-radar regulators like FERC
If You Like Your Washer, You Should Be Able To Keep It November 27, 2013
Mandating greater energy efficiency makes the appliances and equipment more expensive
President Obama Takes Credit for Decline in Oil Imports November 20, 2013
EIA, Energy, Energy Information Administration, federal, imports, Non-Federal, Obama, oil, shale oil
IEA Predicts the U.S. Will Be the World’s Largest Oil Producer by 2015 November 18, 2013
Coal, EIA, electricity, Energy, natural gas, Nuclear, oil, Renewable
European Programs to Carbon Dioixde Emissions Fail November 14, 2013
Carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, Non-hydro, renewable energy
Little Risk to Investors of Gigantic Solar Power Plant in California November 7, 2013
California, government subsidies, power plant, solar power
N.J. Offshore Wind Project Reveals True Cost to Taxpayer November 6, 2013
Electricity, New Jersey, offshore wind, wind power
Advanced Imaging: Forgotten Catalyst of the US Energy Boom November 4, 2013
Gas, horizontal drilling, hydraulic fractuing, oil, shale gas
All Trick, No Treat: How Wind Turbines Kill Bats and Hurt Farmers October 30, 2013
Bat deaths, bats, crops, insects, USGS, wind energy, wind turbines
ANALYSIS: EPA’s Air Quality Trends October 30, 2013
Air quality trends, carbon dioxide, criteria pollutants, EPA
The Truth Behind “Affordable” Energy in California October 25, 2013
California, electric bills, electricity, NRDC, Rebound effect
The Use of the Social Cost of Carbon, So Far October 24, 2013
Carbon, SCC, social cost of carbon
Big Wind’s Dirty Little Secret: Toxic Lakes and Radioactive Waste October 23, 2013
From illegal bird deaths to radioactive waste, wind energy poses serious environmental risks , Big Wind’s Dependence on China’s “Toxic Lakes”
California Public Utilities Commission Report on Net Metering October 23, 2013
Costs of residential solar systems and net energy metering policies
Obama’s BLM Has Been in Shutdown Mode for Five Years October 23, 2013
Oil and natural gas production generates tens of millions of dollars a day in tax revenues
Kentucky: How Green is the Bluegrass State? October 22, 2013
Coal, Energy, Kentucky, natural gas, oil, production, renewable energy
‘Cuisinarts of the Sky’ Continue to Dodge Environmental Laws October 16, 2013
AWEA, Bird deaths, wind energy, Wind PTC
Forty Years After the Oil Embargo October 16, 2013
Countries, Exporting, oil, OPEC, Organization, petroleum, production
Study Evaluates the True Costs of Wind Power Wind October 15, 2013
Levelized Cost of Energy, NREL, PTC, wind energy, wind production tax credit
Several U.S. Nuclear Plants Retiring Early; Others at Risk October 14, 2013
Crystal River North, Kewaunee Power, NRC, nuclear energy, San Onofre, Vermont Yankee
Don’t be Fooled by China’s Plans to Reduce Its Coal Consumption October 10, 2013
China, Coal, consumption, pollution
A U.S. Carbon Tax: The Rest of the Story. Part 1 October 10, 2013
Carbon dioxide emissions, carbon tax, social cost of carbon
Coal Makes Modest Gains Despite Hostile Administration October 8, 2013
The Obama Administration has been waging a ‘war on coal’.
U.S. Oil and Natural Gas to Reach Levels Not Seen in Decades . . . Again October 5, 2013
Natural gas, North Dakota, oil