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:

National Climate Assessment Draft Embraces Non-Solutions January 15, 2013
There are well-known debates about the underlying physical science of manmade climate change
Cellulosic Biofuels: Basically Still Nonexistent But Must Be Purchased Anyway January 11, 2013
The future of cellulosic biofuels is still uncertain
Americans Oppose Carbon Taxes January 11, 2013
Tax will increase energy prices
Heritage Foundation Weighs Impact of Carbon Tax January 11, 2013
New carbon tax will significantly raise the cost of living for American households
ICYMI: The EPA is Politicized January 10, 2013
This disturbing episode is only one of many under Ms. Jackson’s administration. Will her successor be any better?
The Top Ten Energy Questions Senator Hagel Needs to Answer January 9, 2013
Senators weighing Senator Hagel's confirmation should make sure he answers the following ten questions
Recapping the Obama Administration Green Energy Stimulus Failures January 9, 2013
Numerous companies went bankrupt despite free or easy money either because their technologies were too complicated, too expensive, or markets were insufficient to support their products
Economics of the Bakken Oil Boom: What the Rest of the Nation is Missing January 8, 2013
North Dakota is a shining example of the potential to grow the economy through energy development
Post-Mortem: The Fiscal Cliff Deal January 5, 2013
Budget deal combines the worst of all worlds: It still has big tax increases, coupled with spending increases, still delivers a deficit of nearly a trillion dollars
The Hidden Costs of Wind Power January 5, 2013
Congress passed a one-year extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind power
Developing Countries Subsidize Fossil Fuels, Artificially Lowering Prices January 4, 2013
Global fossil fuel consumption subsidies are almost 6 times higher than global renewable subsidies
Why Some Critics Won’t Accept U.S. Energy Independence January 2, 2013
So-called green or alternative energy sources
Let it glow, let it glow, let it glow December 24, 2012
Energy production and usage is wonderful for comfort, convenience, good mood, and even celebration
The Myth of Wind and Solar Energy: They Are Not Free December 21, 2012
Wind and solar power’s hidden costs will rear their ugly heads shortly and the consumer will pay higher electricity rates
The Government Can Raise Revenues by Leasing Federal Lands—Just Check its Data December 20, 2012
With an aggressive pro-energy leasing program, the United States could raise another $12 to$15 billion per year which would ignite further investment in domestic energy production, generate new jobs, and pay additional benefits to the Treasury
Is Big Wind Fleecing U.S. Taxpayer? December 19, 2012
The current PTC program is wasteful, expensive and destabilizing to the very grid we depend upon for our quality of life and in some cases, our lives
Senator Alexander: Wind Industry phase-out is “a brazen fleecing” December 18, 2012
Wind Production Tax Credit
DISMUKES: The Case for Ending the Wind PTC December 17, 2012
The federal wind PTC should expire since it has morphed from an ill-designed temporary subsidy for a purportedly “infant industry,” into an inequitable tax hand-out
Electric Vehicles’ “Burden of History” December 14, 2012
Technology Defeated 110 Years Ago
End the Wind Production Tax Credit December 13, 2012
Despite 35 years of subsidies, the wind industry claims they still need help from the taxpayer
EIA Takes Corrective Action on Alternate Fuel Vehicle Forecasts December 12, 2012
President Obama's one million electric cars on the road by 2015 is just a pipe dream
David Frum Ignores Economics in Support of Carbon Tax December 12, 2012
David Frum's latest article praising a carbon tax is full of bald assertions that defy not only climate and economic science, but also common sense
Fossil Fuels Still King in EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2013 December 7, 2012
Energy Consumption, Oil Production, Natural Gas Production, Coal Production, renewable energy
U.S. Leads World in Natural Gas Production from Hydraulic Fracturing December 6, 2012
History of Hydraulic Fracturing
2013 Annual Energy Outlook: Hydraulic Fracturing Key To U.S. Energy Future December 5, 2012
Safe, innovative hydraulic fracturing technologies have freed the United States from years of fear mongering that America's energy future was bleak
Wind PTC Proponents Misconstrue the Facts December 5, 2012
Wind production tax credit (PTC), U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Grist Confirms IER Warnings on Carbon Tax Swap Deal December 3, 2012
Conservatives who think a new carbon tax would have its revenues devoted one-to-one to reducing personal income taxes aren’t seriously thinking through the politics of the situation
Green Biofuels Vote Proves Senate Not Serious about Budget or Security November 30, 2012
This is but one example of why many people have had it with Washington DC and its seeming inability to act like adults during a time of national crisis
Is Obama Fowling Up Domestic Energy Production? November 30, 2012
“Today’s action is the latest example of the consequences of the Obama administration’s ‘sue and settle’ strategy
Countries Worldwide Propose to Build 1,200 New Coal Plants November 29, 2012
Coal's Future in the United States