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:

The Poor and Sick Suffer Under Obama’s Carbon Rule August 14, 2015
The EPA relies on faulty data to make exaggerated claims about the benefits of a rule that will cost Americans hundreds of billions of dollars and plunge millions of families into poverty
Carbon Rule’s Claimed Benefits Leave Out Key Costs August 12, 2015
Another significant problem with EPA’s calculation of climate benefits is the accuracy and reliability of SCC estimates.
Seattle Green Groups Say Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax Is A Joke August 11, 2015
Cap and trade, carbon dioxide, carbon tax, climate change
EPA’s Carbon Rule: Huge Economic Burden for No Climate Benefit August 5, 2015
The plan is all pain and no gain, which is why an increasing number of governors are informing the EPA that they do not intend to comply with their demands to rewrite state laws on electricity and cause harm to their economies.
Obama’s Final Carbon Rule Combines Fake Carrots and a Big Stick August 4, 2015
An illegal assault on states, it raises electricity prices even more than originally thought, it poses an even larger threat to the electric grid, and it still does nothing to address climate change
Hillary’s Solar PV Plan Aids Chinese Manufacturing July 31, 2015
It’s Time for President Obama to Approve Keystone XL July 30, 2015
The pipeline is also good for our energy security. Rather than import oil from Mexico and Venezuela to supply the heavy oil that our Gulf Coast refineries need, Canadian oil sands can be used instead
Job Losses from Coal Closures Dwarf Gains from Wind Industry July 30, 2015
Coal, EPA, Wind PTC
Wind Lobby’s Critique of IER Study Fails on All Fronts July 24, 2015
Our study on the cost of electricity from the existing generation fleet is a data-driven analysis of the economics of the power grid
Five Charts That Blow Apart EPA’s Asthma Claims July 23, 2015
The EPA fails to explain why asthma rates continue to rise while pollution continues to fall. In addition, the EPA ignores that its rule could increase asthma development while pushing more families into poverty
Energy Production on Federal Lands Lags Behind Private and State Lands July 21, 2015
Coal and natural gas production on federal lands have been in decline during the entire Obama Administration; only oil production has shown a bit of an upturn, but has not returned to its peak in FY 2010
UK Getting Wise to Renewable Subsidies July 20, 2015
While the Europeans are learning the hard way and are dispensing with lucrative subsidies, U.S. politicians want the American public to experience the same pain despite the fact that the developing world is not following in lock step
Is Natural Gas the Answer for Electric Utilities? July 16, 2015
EPA’s so-called “Clean Power Plan” will require electric generators to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030
Coal Was King In The U.S. And Is Still King Worldwide July 11, 2015
Coal, EIA, electricity, EPA, natural gas, Obama Administration, renewable energy, Wind
OMB’s Whitewash on the Social Cost of Carbon July 10, 2015
Unfortunately, the problems with the Working Group’s estimates of the “social cost of carbon” aren’t limited to a suppression of discount rate reports. There are several other major problems, which the recent OMB document does not solve.
IER Urges PUCs to Protect Americans from Harmful Impacts of Climate Rule July 9, 2015
Climate change, electricity, EPA
British Columbia’s Carbon Tax and “Leakage” Into the U.S. July 7, 2015
In the U.S. policy debate, the British Columbia carbon tax is one of the go-to examples of (alleged) success. It supposedly exhibited a sharp fall in emissions while maintaining economic growth comparable to the rest of Canada
SCOTUS Mercury Ruling is a Wake Up Call for EPA July 2, 2015
While the decision does not change the outcome that compliance has either been reached or will be reached by most electric utilities in 2016, it sets a precedent for other EPA rulings, which are in progress
Selection Bias in the Social Cost of Carbon June 26, 2015
Climate change, social cost of carbon
Nordhaus Unwittingly Shows Flaws in Case for Carbon Tax June 23, 2015
The simple reality is that climate change is not the existential crisis requiring immediate government action that the alarmists have been trying so hard to invent
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Ignores New Nuclear as a Compliance Option June 16, 2015
EPA’s analysis and formulae for its Clean Power Plan is biased toward new wind and solar power that can cause reliability problems because the wind and sun are not available 24/7
Why the Endangered Species Act Needs a Rewrite June 11, 2015
The ESA is mistakenly considered by many to be the linchpin of preserving endangered species, but in fact its biggest role is to help environmentalists block energy production
Obama’s Electric Vehicle Dream Dies June 5, 2015
The electric vehicle market may not be the only transportation pipe dream of President Obama’s that the country will not be able to comply with
Elon Musk Profits from Billions in Subsidies for His Electric Cars June 4, 2015
Subsidies Power the Electric Vehicle Market
Hydraulic Fracturing: An American Success Story June 4, 2015
EPA, hydraulic fracturing
EPA’s Allies Telegraph Plan to Force States into Cap-and-Trade June 3, 2015
Cap-and-trade is a political albatross and a practical failure
Vox Features Yet Another Climate Science “Denier” May 27, 2015
Climate change, Obama, Vox
How to Kill the Coal Industry: Implement EPA’s “Clean Power Plan” May 26, 2015
Clean power plan, Coal, EIA, EPA
IMF’s Disingenuous Attempt to Tax Energy Use May 23, 2015
Fossil Fuels, IEA, IMF, subsidies
China: World’s Largest Energy Consumer and Greenhouse Gas Emitter May 20, 2015
China, Coal, electricity, energy consumption, oil