EPA’s Carbon Rule: Huge Economic Burden for No Climate Benefit
August 5, 2015Unfortunately for the American public and the coal industry, the EPA has finalized its so-called “Clean Power Plan” and other…
Wind Lobby’s Critique of IER Study Fails on All Fronts
July 24, 2015IER recently released a first-of-its-kind study on the cost of electricity from the existing generation fleet, titled “The Levelized Cost…
Is Natural Gas the Answer for Electric Utilities?
July 16, 2015Electric utilities have turned to natural gas for electricity generation because of its low prices and because of onerous regulations…
New Electricity Sources Still More Expensive than Existing Ones
July 15, 2015IER recently released a groundbreaking report on the cost of electricity from existing power plants. The report, titled The Levelized…
What is the True Cost of Electricity?
June 30, 2015Electricity from New Wind Three Times More Costly than Existing Coal WASHINGTON – Today, the Institute for Energy Research released…
Global Consumption of Fossil Fuels Continues to Increase
June 18, 2015BP recently released its Statistical Review of World Energy 2015[i] and found that consumption of fossil fuels in 2014 continued…
