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:

Solar Energy’s Duck Curve October 27, 2014
Hawaii, California, Nessie Curve, renewable energy, Germany,
EPA’s Power Plant Rule to Cost At Least $366 Billion October 23, 2014
Clean power plan, Coal, electricity costs, EPA, NERA, power plant rules
Greens Licking Their Lips Over Carbon Tax Revenues October 22, 2014
Carbon tax, environmentalists, Kristin Eberhard, Sightline
Canada Opens a Coal-fired Plant with CCS Technology October 21, 2014
Canada, carbon capture and storage, ccs, Coal
EPA Moves Goalposts with New Definition for Cellulosic Biofuels October 16, 2014
Cellulosic biofuel, EPA, ethanol, renewable fuel standard
Milton Friedman and Climate Change October 15, 2014
Cap and trade, carbon tax, climate change, Milton Friedman
Top 7 Ways Federal Agencies Can Promote Energy Progress October 14, 2014
Affordable, clean, and secure energy and energy services are essential for improving U.S. economic productivity
Krugman vs. Krugman on Carbon Taxes October 13, 2014
As the years pass, the extreme climate activists are becoming more desperate in their rhetoric
Power Plant Closures October 9, 2014
Impact of EPA’s Regulatory Assault on Power Plants: New Regulations to Take More than 72 GW of Electricity Generation Offline and the Plant Closing Announcements Keep Coming…
Why Are States Reevaluating Wind Energy? October 9, 2014
Renewable energy, wind energy, wind production tax credit, Wind PTC
ICYMI: Yes We Can Drill Ourselves to Secure and Affordable Energy October 7, 2014
Gasoline prices, oil, oil export ban
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Reductions Outpace Rest of World October 3, 2014
Carbon dioxide, energy poverty, greenhouse gases
Germany’s Renewable Energy Transition Misses Carbon Reduction Goals September 30, 2014
Coal, energiewende, Germany, renewable energy
Railways Reap Revenues of Increased Oil Shipments September 29, 2014
Keystone XL, oil, oil pipelines, oil rail shipments
Larry Summers on Oil Exports September 26, 2014
Gasoline prices, Larry Summers, oil, oil export ban, oil exports
ICYMI: IER’s Dan Simmons on BBC World News September 26, 2014
Carbon dioxide emissions, Dan Simmons, energy poverty, U.N. Climate Summit
IER Updates Energy Encyclopedia September 25, 2014
Coal, hydropower, natural gas, oil, renewable energy, Solar, Wind
What Will EPA’s Final Decision Be on the RFS? September 24, 2014
Cellulosic, EPA, ethanol, renewable fuel standard, RFS
Using IPCC to Defeat UN Climate Agenda September 23, 2014
Climate change, intergovernmental panel on climate change, IPCC, president obama, UN Climate Summit
Why China and India’s Leaders Won’t Be Attending the U.N. Climate Summit September 23, 2014
China, climate change, India, president obama, UN Climate Summit
U.S. Oil and Gas Production Continues to Increase Thanks to Hydraulic Fracturing September 19, 2014
Energy boom, gas, hydraulic fracturing, oil
Obama Continues With Onerous Regulations Despite Lull in Warming September 17, 2014
Barack Obama, EPA, global warming, MATS, natural gas, oil, Utility MACT
Climate Change Crowd Moves Goalposts – Again September 17, 2014
Climate change, government intervention, IPCC, ThinkProgress
U.S. Oil Production Keeping World Oil Prices in Check September 15, 2014
China, India, oil, oil prices, U.S. Oil Production
Despite Gas Prices Over $3.00, Americans Want Trucks and SUVs September 12, 2014
Cars, electric vehicles, gas prices, gasoline, SUVs, Tesla, trucks
Obama’s Roadmap for Expensive Energy September 11, 2014
American families depend on affordable and reliable energy, yet since day one of this presidency, the Obama administration has led our country down a path towards higher energy costs
Electricity Prices on the Rise; New England Leads the Pack September 5, 2014
Electricity prices, New England, polar vortex, residential
The Story of Electricity September 3, 2014
Obama Looks the Other Way When Wind & Solar Power Kill Birds & Bats September 2, 2014
Killing birds, Obama Administration, Solar, Wind
The GAO’s Whitewash on the Social Cost of Carbon August 29, 2014
Carbon dioxide, GAO, government accountability office, OMB, social cost of carbon