The Gardner Institute provides energy decision support to state policy makers.  We produce economic impact studies of the energy sector on Utah’s gross domestic product, forecasts of Utah’s energy production, and assessments of energy infrastructure expansion within the Uintah Basin.  We convene a quarterly meeting of the Gardner Institute’s Energy Advisory Council comprised of representatives from upstream and downstream oil and gas, renewable energy, mining, utilities, and the Governor’s Office of Energy Development.

Recent Publications

2023

• Blog: Uinta Waxy Crude Oil Flows Out of State, Spurring Possible Economic Growth in State

2022

• Utah’s Energy Industry
• A Business Vision for Utah’s Energy Future
• A Business Vision for Utah’s Energy Future (Data Compendium)

2021

• Renewable Natural Gas: A Sustainable Approach to the Energy Transition
• Blog: Supple Chain Metals
• Market Assessment: Air Quality/Changing Climate Solutions Laboratory
• COVID-19’s Impact on Utah’s Oil & Gas Industry

2020

• Economic Impacts of Utah’s Energy Industry, 2017
• The Utah Roadmap: Positive Solutions on Climate and Air Quality

2019

• Data Points: Climatological Trends in Utah
• Blog: Is Utah Coal Going Global? Maybe.
• Blog: New Energies Fueled by Technology
• Blog: Renewable energy: The best things in life are free
• Blog: Uintah Basin Energy Activities Set to Rebound in 2018
• Blog: Peak Oil Theory Revisited