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:

Europe’s Renewable Fuel of Choice: Wood April 25, 2013
Biomass, carbon dioxide emmissions, electricity, Europe, european union, renewable energy, wood energy
MURPHY: Ethanol Proponents Mislead on Gas Prices Biomass April 22, 2013
Ethanol mandate is inefficient and makes refining costs higher
Lunacy from the Journal of Power Sources: Just Build More Renewables April 18, 2013
California, EIA, Electricity Reliability Council of Texas, Germany, Journal of Power Sources
FACT CHECK: AWEA Testimony on Wind Subsidies April 17, 2013
1603 grant program, AWEA, electricity, wind energy, wind production tax credit
GAO Report: Government Redundancy Could Easily Pay for Sequester April 15, 2013
Defense, DOE, GAO, subsidies, Treasury 1603
MEDIA ADVISORY: IER’s Michaels to Testify on Wind Welfare April 15, 2013
Wind power’s costs must eventually turn up in consumers’ monthly bills, or if not, then certainly in their future tax burden
White House Budget Taxes Producers, Subsidizes Inefficiency April 12, 2013
The General Fiscal Outlook: Massive Tax Hikes, Treading Water on the Debt
Tax Preferences for Renewables Are 17 Times More than Fossil Fuels April 11, 2013
Analysis, budget, CBO, credits, Fossil Fuels, preference, subisidies, subsidy, tax
PYLE: The Anti-Keystone Outhouse Strategy To Stop Oil Pipelines April 10, 2013
Keystone XL, Michael Brune, National Journal, Sierra Club, subsidies
DOE: Questions for Energy Secretary Nominee Ernest Moniz Wind April 8, 2013
Free Markets in Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Keystone XL, Green Energy Cronyism, Carbon Tax
ICYMI: Big Wind Double Dips Into Public Funds Wind April 8, 2013
Study finds 82 federal wind energy initiatives, as IRS increases tax credit
EPA’s Tier 3 Will Increase Gasoline Prices and Reduce Fuel Economy April 6, 2013
A stealthy way for EPA to get much more wide-spread adoption of E15 fuel at gas stations
The Biofuel Mandate and EPA’s Costly Tall Tale April 4, 2013
Biofuels, EIA, Energy Policy Act, EPA, INEOS Bio, KiOR, renewable fuel standard
SIMMONS: How Taxpayer Money Gets Lost in the Wind April 4, 2013
This labyrinth of overlapping programs has spawned a system in which a single wind project could have siphoned public funds from numerous federal and state programs
White House Priorities: Wind Subsidies or Vaccines for Children? April 4, 2013
The cost of yesterday’s inflationary adjustment for the wind industry against the metrics offered by the White House
The IMF’s Outlandish Claims About Energy Subsidies April 3, 2013
The IMF uses legitimate economic concepts and yet somehow transforms them into calls for giant tax increases
BREAKING NEWS: IRS Gives Big Cash to Big Wind Wind April 3, 2013
In one fell swoop, the IRS gave wind energy more than twice the amount President Obama wants for his proposed energy security trust in a single year
Red China’s Energy Dawn April 1, 2013
China gets over 70 percent of its electricity generation from coal
EPA: Top Ten Questions for Obama Nominee Gina McCarthy March 27, 2013
President Obama recently nominated Gina McCarthy to replace Lisa Jackson as Administrator for the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
Senator Whitehouse’s Duplicitous Carbon Tax Amendment March 27, 2013
Fee on carbon pollution
Sweet Crude Alabama: Another U.S. State Benefits From Energy Boom March 25, 2013
Natural Gas, Coal, Electricity, and Renewable Energy
Administration’s Half-Truths on Carbon Policy March 23, 2013
Clarifying the Nature of the Climate Change “Threat”
REBUTTAL: IER Critiques CBO Testimony on Energy Subsidies March 21, 2013
Australia implemented a carbon tax: 10,500 company collapses for the first 2 months of this year
Will the U.S. Hit the Ethanol Blend Wall? March 20, 2013
The EPA has the authority to revise the ethanol requirements, and some believe doing so would decrease the cost of gasoline by five to 10 cents a gallon
Rep. Lummis on the America’s Energy Future February 27, 2013
Abundant and affordable energy is arguably the single most important factor to enabling our prosperity
New NERA Study Shows Economic Dangers of a Carbon Tax February 26, 2013
True Ecomnomic Dangers of a Carbon Tax
FACT CHECK: Is the White House Responsible for Production Increases? February 25, 2013
The oil boom in North Dakota is an example of what the nation could achieve: 3 percent unemployment, 7 percent economic growth
INTERIOR: Top Ten Questions for Obama Nominee Sally Jewell February 25, 2013
President Obama recently nominated Sally Jewell to replace Ken Salazar as Secretary of the Interior.
The Dilemma Caused by Low Cost Natural Gas February 22, 2013
The six states that comprise New England are experiencing vulnerability due to their overreliance on natural gas
ICYMI: Peak Oil Remains a Myth February 22, 2013
Peak Oil Will Be Full Discredited When Peak Government Is Realized