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:

Why the “Social Cost of Carbon” Matters June 13, 2013
Bloomberg, carbon, Energy, SCC, White House
Maine: An Energy and Economic Analysis June 13, 2013
Coal, Energy, hydropower, Maine, natural gas, petroleum, renewable portfolio standards, Solar, Wind
Fossil Fuel Production on Federal Lands at a Ten Year Low June 10, 2013
Coal, federal lands, gas, leasing, natural gas, oil, state lands
New Transparency Tool Exposes Waste, Promotes Smart Policy Decisions June 7, 2013
Abound Solar, Justin Bieber, loan guarantees, Solyndra, subsidies, Transparency
White House Revises Dubious ‘Social Cost of Carbon’ June 6, 2013
EPA, social cost of carbon, White House
EPA Eschews Transparency With ‘Sue and Settle’ Tactics June 5, 2013
Advance the regulatory interests of environmentalists
Administration Doubles Down on Expensive Offshore Wind June 4, 2013
Cape Cod, David Vitter, Interior Department, Nantucket Sound, NRG Bluewater Wind, offshore wind, wind energy, wind turbines
America’s Green Energy Problems: Defective Solar Panels June 3, 2013
China, electricity, FirstSolar, photovoltaic, renewable energy, solar power, Suntech, Yingli
MURPHY: Assessing the “Five Circles of Carbon Tax Hell” May 29, 2013
Climate change, global warming, James DeLong, Marshall Institute
Tesla Motors’ Specious Rise May 28, 2013
DOE Loan Guarantee, elon musk, Fisker, Model S
MURPHY: Using the CBO Report to Critique a US Carbon Tax May 24, 2013
Carbon tax, CO2 emissions, congressional budget office
The Steady March Toward Cleaner Air May 23, 2013
Almanac of Environmental Trends, carbon dioxide, emissions
ICYMI: Big Wind’s Trail of Wings May 22, 2013
Associated Press, daily caller, doj, EPA, fish and wildlife service
Feds Give Wind Farms License to Kill May 20, 2013
A clear example of the government’s failure to enforce the laws equally
California: Energy Death Valley May 16, 2013
California Energy, electricity, natural gas, petroleum, renewable energy, U.S. Oil Production
The Domestic Energy Bonanza and the Economy May 14, 2013
Bakken formation, Brad Plumer, Domestic Energy Production, natural gas, north dakota, oil, Paul Dales, shale gas, shale oil, unemployment
Sequestration: A President’s Folly or an Opportunity Oil May 14, 2013
Bio-fuels Purchases: $59 per gallon
Interior Secretary To Continue Energy Embargo on Federal Lands May 10, 2013
All of the above energy, Beyond the CBO, federal lands, Ken Salazar, OCS, Sally Jewell
Another Electric Car Company Falters May 10, 2013
Coda Holdings Inc., an electric car company
The Department of Energy Spends $11 Million Per Job Wind May 8, 2013
$26 billion spent since 2009, 2,298 permanent jobs created for a cost of over $11.45 million per job
Green-Energy Activists Declare War on Rural Coloradans May 7, 2013
Requiring utilities to generate more electricity from expensive sources would increase operating costs for electric co-ops
Coal and Gas Fight Over Electric Generation Market May 7, 2013
Coal, fracking, hydraulic fracturing
KISH: Al “Jazeera” Gore’s Get Rich Quick Scheme May 7, 2013
Gore’s rise to riches after his defeat in the 2000 presidential election
BLM Decision Actively Harms California, Cuts Jobs and Revenue May 7, 2013
Revenue for the federal treasury
Oil Shale Development in the United States and Abroad May 2, 2013
Government Transparency Demanded By Taxpayers May 1, 2013
IER Survey: Rarely do Americans agree on an issue as much as they do on government transparency
Climate Change Madness: Do the Europeans know what they are doing? May 1, 2013
A new carbon tax introduced in Britain on April 1 is applied to every ton of carbon dioxide produced during electricity production
Fisker: The Solyndra of Electric Cars April 26, 2013
The Fisker History: Fisker’s troubles are a sad reminder of the Department of Energy’s loan failures
Earth Day and Capitalism April 26, 2013
Contrary to most of today’s environmental activists, free-market capitalism has incentives for the preservation of the long-term value of natural resources
SIMMONS: North America is Energy Rich Oil April 25, 2013
Energy and Mineral Resources