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:
White House’s new ‘stimulus’ plans would trigger loss of $341 billion in economic activity
Generating Costs, German and Spanish Experience
Is This the Start of a New Trend or Are New Coal Plants Dead?
September 1, 2010
Some Coal-Fired Power Plants Were Built Last Year
Spill Commission has Opportunity to “Make it Right”
August 25, 2010
Interior Department’s Gross Distortion of Facts Requires the Commission to Set the Record Straight
Pyle: One job killed as a result of reactionary government policy is one job too many
IER: Administration’s Assault on Energy Continues
August 18, 2010
U.S. Interior Department’s announcement: More red tape, deepwater oil and gas
China: World’s Largest Energy Consumer; Surpasses the U.S.
August 10, 2010
China's energy requirements are increasing and it is becoming less energy efficient, contrary to its stated goals
Obama's 6-Month Drilling Moratorium
77 percent of registered voters oppose efforts in Congress to tax American companies twice on income earned abroad
How Much Will Cap-and-Trade Cost You?
July 30, 2010
The IER Kerry-Lieberman Cap-and-Trade Burden Calculator
Video: Voices of Those Harmed by Obama’s Moratorium
July 30, 2010
A New Crisis in the Gulf: The Offshore Moratorium
Ding Dong: Carbon Caps are Dead
July 22, 2010
Death of economy-destroying, job-killing legislation to cap carbon
Why is coal seeing a reduced market and what are the consequences to electricity consumers?
The Cost of the Deepwater Moratorium
July 21, 2010
12,000 jobs and approximately $2.1 billion over the first 6 months
Expansive new bill that micromanages federal offshore oil rig technical requirements
Another Rig Leaves the Gulf
July 15, 2010
Obama's Offshore Moratorium Continues Killing Jobs in the Gulf
Shouldn’t We Learn from Europe?
July 15, 2010
Europe has implemented Feed-In Tariffs. Shouldn't We Learn from their Experience?
The White House’s Continuing War on Affordable Energy
July 14, 2010
The Administration's Assault on Domestic Energy Production and the Use of Energy
IER Statement on the (Second) Obama Drilling Moratorium
July 13, 2010
This moratorium is nothing but a kick in the face to the hardworking men and women who have lost—and will continue to lose—their jobs as a result of this Administration’s politically motivated actions
New national survey finds that 70% of Americans oppose new energy taxes to combat global warming
Criticism of Employment Effects Estimates
Complex reality of public utility regulation in the U.S
New Study: Wealthiest Americans to Benefit
2009: China Recorded the Greatest Increase in Energy Consumption and Emissions
Policies of Scarcity in a Land of Plenty
June 24, 2010
Global Oil Reserves vs. Oil Resources, China, U.S. Oil Resources
American Clean Energy Leadership Act, American Power Act
This moratorium, wisely overturned, was never about safety – it was about politics
Prosperity and Its Enemies
June 21, 2010
President Obama put a new ban on drilling off the Gulf Coast, a move that effectively canceled 33 leases, killed thousands of jobs, and transferred even more power to foreign oil-producing nations
Rahm Emanuel: Never allow a crisis to go to waste… they are opportunities to do big things
EPA Paints Rosy Picture of American Power Act
June 15, 2010
Taxing 85 percent of the energy consumed in the United States in an attempt to reduce global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions