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More Wind on Extending the Production Tax Credit Electricity Issues Wind

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We have already written a history and critique of the wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) which is set to expire at the end of the year. We also recently debunked two pro-PTC studies put out by the NRDC.  Yet we have just come across a different analysis [pdf], conducted by wind developer NextEra Energy, that makes a novel argument for the PTC: This particular study claims it would …

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MICHAELS: The Hidden Flaw of ‘Energy Efficiency’ Blog

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IER Senior Fellow Robert Michaels published an op-ed today in the Wall Street Journal about the flaws in energy efficiency regulations. Michaels’ study, “The Rebound Dilemma”, demonstrates how increased energy efficiency standards can actually lead to increased energy consumption.

“Mandated increases in energy efficiency—popular almost everywhere on the ideological spectrum—have been implemented around the world. Laws like the European Union’s new requirement for 15% energy savings, or the U.S. Senate’s …

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Update on the Impact of EPA’s Regulatory Assault: New Regulations to Take 30 Analysis Natural Gas

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Update on the Impact of EPA’s Utility MACT and Transport Rules:
New Regulations to Take 30 GW of Electricity Generation Offline and the Announcements Keep Coming…

“So if somebody wants to build a coal-fired plant they can. It’s just that it will bankrupt them…”
– Barack Obama speaking to San Francisco Chronicle, January 2008

**UPDATE**  April 19, 2012

In the months since we released this report, electricity producers have announced …

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