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:

New York’s Bet on Silevo’s Solar Technology Fails to Deliver June 22, 2017
New York's decision to spend $750 million in taxpayer funds for a highly automated factory creating just 500 manufacturing jobs equates to a gigantic $1.5 million subsidy per manufacturing job
The Wind Lobby’s Preemptive Strike on the Perry Grid Study June 21, 2017
Wind generation has reached its current level of market penetration only through the aid of costly government tax incentives, garnered by groups like AWEA, that ultimately serve to diminish baseload capacity and reduce our grid's reliability
Clarifying Paris, Part 1 June 20, 2017
Paris Agreement was just a non-binding pledge and so there's no point to pulling out; no big whoop. How can one possibly reconcile these two views?
Green Technologies Cannot Survive in the Marketplace without Subsidies June 15, 2017
These programs cost consumers and taxpayers more than the alternatives available to the market place and often are regressive policies
Roots of the Paris Agreement Part III: Ken Lay and Enron June 14, 2017
Enron...George H. W. Bush...Rio Earth Summit 1992...Kyoto Protocol of 1997...Paris Climate Agreement of 2015
Jobs, Energy, and Economics June 13, 2017

When it comes to energy, people often forget what the purpose of jobs is.

“Pittsburgh, Not Paris” June 10, 2017
Climate alarmists consider government force their birthright, and they demand American "leadership" on this issue
Maryland Approves Two Offshore Wind Farms June 9, 2017
Maryland Offshore Wind Projects
Privatizing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve June 8, 2017
Fossil Fuel Consumption Subsidies, While in Decline, Are Still Pervasive in the Developing World June 6, 2017
The Push to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The Philosophic Roots of the Paris Agreement Part II: The Malthusian People Problem June 5, 2017
The good news is that the Malthusian bad news is wrong. May the Church of Climate find its pews increasingly empty
Would Hayek Want a Carbon Tax? June 3, 2017
Would Hayek Want a Carbon Tax?
The Philosophic Roots of the Paris Agreement: Deep Ecology vs. Human Progress May 27, 2017
The rejection the Paris climate agreements is really the liberation of 7.5 billion people from a dangerous, anti-human, anti-progress agenda. Deep ecology is not only contrary to the American dream, it is a threat to human progress everywhere
Despite the Paris Accord, India and Pakistan Will Continue to Use Coal May 21, 2017
Many countries are continuing to build coal-fired power plants
Obama’s Energy Efficiency Rules Cost More Than They Saved May 21, 2017
From this study, we find that subsidies for energy audits do not necessarily bring about additional energy efficiency improvements
Illinois and New York Rescue Nuclear Plants; Other States May Follow May 10, 2017
Nuclear energy in the United States are closing mainly due to low natural gas prices and onerous regulations from the NRC
The Paris Climate Deal Must Go May 9, 2017
Paris agreement is bad for U.S. business
The Northeast Desperately Needs More Pipelines May 6, 2017
Lack of natural gas pipelines in the Northeast was one of the reasons that the Northeast is experiencing high energy prices
Earth Day Marchers Ignore the Economic Science of Climate Change May 3, 2017
When so many environmental activists glibly dismiss these warnings, it leads me to suspect that the "refusal to follow the science" is more widespread than these marchers realize
Wind Subsidies Should End May 2, 2017
Rural Americans do not want wind turbines in their back yards and conservationists see wind farms as unnecessarily hurting ecosystems
White House Puts Offshore Resources Back in the Game April 28, 2017
IER Applauds National Monuments Executive Order April 27, 2017
Obama administration’s eleventh-hour land grab
Green Jobs: A Bipartisan Mirage April 26, 2017
Are green jobs the bipartisan silver bullet they're cracked up to be or are they instead a bipartisan mirage?
Governor Cuomo Objects to Pipelines Despite Acknowledging their Necessity April 21, 2017
Governor Cuomo is playing games with pipeline construction in the hopes of winning a third term as governor of New York State by kowtowing to environmentalists
Trump Administration Should Be Wary of Shifting Carbon Tax Pitch April 19, 2017
The people pushing for a “carbon tax swap deal” have shifted their arguments; conservatives and libertarians have already achieved fiscal and regulatory victories that they were told would be impossible
Forbes Column: Ban Fracking? Bad Economics, Bad Ecology April 18, 2017
Practice of hydraulic fracturing is not only safe but also helps bolster America’s economy
Would a Carbon Tax Dividend Help Poor Households? March 28, 2017

The interventionists might favor such a coerced lifestyle change because of concerns over climate change, but they shouldn’t pretend that poorer households will enjoy being forced to cut back their energy usage

What Judge Gorsuch Could Mean for Energy Policy and the Regulatory State March 25, 2017
A judge who focuses on applying the law by looking to the text may be just the remedy we need to halt the expansion of executive overreach and restore the balance of power in Washington
IER Statement on Keystone XL Approval March 25, 2017
This will provide much-needed certainty for businesses looking to invest in America's energy infrastructure
Automobiles Are A Solution, Not A Scourge March 22, 2017
The ways in which cars and trucks enhance our daily lives are myriad