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 Are Gasoline Prices High and Rising? February 21, 2013
Gasoline prices are high and increasing because world oil demand growth is outpacing oil supply output, thereby increasing oil prices and gasoline prices
EPA’s Coal Purge Claims Latest Victim February 20, 2013
“These costly rules exceeded the bounds of EPA authority, incur tremendous costs, and produce no real benefits related to climate change.”
Special Report: Opening Federal Lands February 20, 2013
Special Report with Bret Baier
ICYMI: Government Hubris Leads to Unnecessary Regulations February 19, 2013
How big government and heavy-handed regulations harm Americans
Interior Prioritizes Renewable Energy Permits, Delays Oil and Gas February 13, 2013
BLM's Priority Renewable Energy Projects on Federal Land
IER President Thomas Pyle Responds to State of the Union February 13, 2013
Energy Independence
IER’s Simmons to Testify on Gasoline Prices February 13, 2013
The federal government's land use policies have reduced oil and natural gas production on federal lands because federal regulations make it much more difficult to work on federal lands
Prebuttal to the State of the Union Address February 12, 2013
Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Bakken, Keystone XL
Obama’s CAFE: Efficiency over Safety February 12, 2013
The preferences of the American public are no longer relevant
CFR Wants to Tax Oil Because Right Now It’s Too Expensive February 12, 2013
Unleash entrepreneurs to develop domestic energy resources
IER’s Mary Hutzler Testifies before Congress February 7, 2013
BREAKING NEWS: Top Lawmakers Tout New IER Study February 7, 2013
“A successful national energy policy should be shaped like a financial portfolio made up of many different energy sources
Does the U.S. need a National Energy Board? February 7, 2013
This “energy abyss will stick around for up to a full decade with all of the national insecurity, economic decline, joblessness and social malaise that accompanies energy shortages in third-world countries.”
Senator Cites IER Study, Urges President to “Redirect Anti-Fossil Fuel Agenda” February 7, 2013
Senator Vitter is a bold advocate for responsible permitting and access decisions on federal lands and waters
IER REPORT: Beyond the Congressional Budget Office Oil February 5, 2013
“America is no longer asking whether we have the energy to fuel our economy, or where we will get it"
IER’s Hutzler Touts U.S. Resource Potential in Hearing Oil February 5, 2013
Due to hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling technologies, we no longer question WHETHER we have the resources
Energy Affordability: Short- and Long- Term Trends February 5, 2013
Over the long term, energy in various forms has become ever more affordable. This is the natural outgrowth of (relatively) free-market capitalism
IER’s Hutzler to Testify on America’s Energy Potential February 5, 2013
American Energy Security and Innovation:An Assessment of North America's Energy Resources
IER Statement on Secretary Chu’s Resignation February 2, 2013
Policies, priorities of Steven Chu’s energy department have benefitted our global competitors, intensified the economic pain felt by millions of unemployed Americans
D.C. Circuit Court Chastises EPA for Biofuel Bias January 29, 2013
D.C. Circuit did a good job of policing EPA excess
New Special Interest Group Pushes To Stop Natural Gas Exports January 29, 2013
Alcoa, Celanese Corporation, Dow Chemical, Eastman Chemical, Huntsman Corp., and Nucor Steel
Wind Industry Declares War on Plain English in Effort to Expand Subsidies January 24, 2013
Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC)
Germany’s Green Energy Destabilizing Electric Grids January 23, 2013
High use of renewable energy in eastern Germany driven by government green energy policies is causing instability to its own electric grid
IER Statement on Governor Heineman’s Keystone XL Approval Oil January 23, 2013
Welcome news to thousands of Americans ready to start working on this important project
The Top Ten Energy Questions for Treasury Dept. Nominee Jack Lew January 19, 2013
Green energy grants
Oil Industry Investing In Rail Depots: An Alternative to Keystone January 19, 2013
Another example of how government action--or inaction in this case--results in the picking of winners and losers
Federal Assets Above and Below Ground January 18, 2013
GSA owns or leases 9,600 assets covering over 362 million square feet of workspace
BREAKING NEWS: EPA Cover-up Exposed? January 16, 2013
Agency Denies FOIA Request Over Keystone, Alias Issues in Doctored Letter
PTC Extension Passes; Layoffs and Cancellations Continue January 16, 2013
Wind power eaching a saturation point, exceeding their mandates and wind companies are laying off personnel and cancelling projects
150 Years ago, Scholars Knew the Need of Dense, Not Intermittent, Energy January 15, 2013
Jevons’s energy-by-energy analysis is as true today as it was when penned in 1865