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  • February 2015
    Obama’s Budget: More Taxes and Spending. Less...

    WASHINGTON – The Institute for Energy Research (IER) today responded to President Obama’s budget proposal. The administration’s budget proposes $7.4 billion to...

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  • January 2015
    Buyers Cancel Out on Cape Wind

    Massachusetts ratepayers may have scored a big victory this month. Massachusetts’ two largest electric utilities, who were set to purchase almost 78...

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  • November 2014
    Why “Grid Parity” is a Meaningless Concept

    A recent report proclaimed that solar power will reach “grid parity” in most of the United States by 2016. Referencing a Deutsche...

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  • November 2014
    The Case Against the Wind PTC

    IER's Case Against Wind Welfare examines the numerous flaws with the federal wind Production Tax Credit (PTC). Key findings include: - The PTC...

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  • November 2014
    Google’s Struggling Solar Plant Asks for Bailout

    “It’s going to put about 1,000 people to work building a state-of-the-art facility. And when it’s complete, it will turn sunlight into...

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  • October 2014
    Solar Energy’s Duck Curve

    Intermittent renewable generating technologies (i.e. wind and solar) are causing havoc with electric grid operations because these technologies cannot be controlled by...

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