-
February 2015
In his recently proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2016, President Obama includes permanent extensions to the wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) and...
-
February 2015
In the United Kingdom, electricity demand reached its highest levels on January 19, 2015, but the country’s wind turbines generated their lowest output...
-
February 2015
WASHINGTON – The Institute for Energy Research (IER) today responded to President Obama’s budget proposal. The administration’s budget proposes $7.4 billion to...
-
January 2015
Massachusetts ratepayers may have scored a big victory this month. Massachusetts’ two largest electric utilities, who were set to purchase almost 78...
-
November 2014
IER's Case Against Wind Welfare examines the numerous flaws with the federal wind Production Tax Credit (PTC). Key findings include: - The PTC...
-
October 2014
On January 9, 2014, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum establishing a Quadrennial Energy Review (QER).[1] The memorandum set up an interagency...