Appalachian Coal Belt > Kentucky

Resources Market Infrastructure Policy

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

7th Resources
7th Market
16th Infrastructure

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.

state-kentucky

Production trillion btu

19
Oil
119
Gas
2193
Coal
0
Wind
0.00
Solar
8
Hydro
5
Biofuel
0
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

532
+2,344 Produced
1,812 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

597
Oil
231
Gas
910
Coal
74
Renewable
0
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

KY
$0.46
USA
$0.46

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

-58
5.69¢
KY
8.81¢
USA