Appalachian Coal Belt > Kentucky
Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita
Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes
Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines
Kentucky has more coal mines than any other state and has ranked as one of the top three coal-producing states for several decades.
More than nine-tenths of Kentucky's electricity is generated from coal—a higher percentage than any state except West Virginia.
Production trillion btu
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net energy Production trillion btu
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Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014
KY
USA
Key Policies
Features no renewable energy standard or goals.
The counties around Louisville and to the south of Cincinnati (Ohio) are voluntary opt-in areas for the use of gasoline reformulated with ethanol.
Requires a permit and compliance bond for oil and gas well drilling. The permit fee is $350. Compliance bonds begin at $500 per well and increase for deeper wells.
Electricity net production, trillion btu
KY
USA