Marcellus States > Ohio

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

33rd Resources
27th Market
5th Infrastructure

Ohio's primary economic activity is manufacturing, and the industrial sector is the largest energy-consuming sector in the state.

Coal fuels about two-thirds of Ohio's electricity generation, and eight of the state's 10 largest power plants by capacity are coal-fired.

Because Ohio's net electricity generation does not meet state demand, Ohio imports electricity from outside of the state via the PJM Interconnection and the Midwest Independent Transmission System RTO.

state-ohio

Production trillion btu

28
Oil
87
Gas
642
Coal
3
Wind
1.26
Solar
1
Hydro
60
Biofuel
179
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

-2,327
+1,001 Produced
3,328 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

1127
Oil
870
Gas
1019
Coal
133
Renewable
179
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

OH
$0.46
USA
$0.46

Key Policies

  • Requires all of the state's retail electricity providers—except municipal utilities and electric cooperatives—to obtain 25% of their retail electricity sales from alternative energy resources by the end of 2026.

  • The EPA requires the use of reformulated gasoline in the summer months in the counties surrounding Cincinnati and Dayton.

  • Requires permits and surety bonds for oil and gas well drilling. Permit fees begin at $500, and surety bonds begin at $5,000 a well.

Electricity net production, trillion btu

-358
7.86¢
OH
8.81¢
USA