Solar Southwest > Utah

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

13th Resources
8th Market
30th Infrastructure

The mining sector—including petroleum, natural gas and coal extraction—was Utah's fastest-growing economic sector between 2003 and 2013, with a compound annual growth rate of 14.7%. Oil production more than doubled during this period.

About one-fourth of the state's total crude oil production in 2013 came from tribal lands.

Utah's five refineries process crude oil primarily from Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Canada. The recently opened UNEV pipeline connects refineries in Utah to a terminal north of Las Vegas, Nevada.

state-utah

Production trillion btu

176
Oil
535
Gas
387
Coal
2
Wind
0.06
Solar
3
Hydro
0
Biofuel
0
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

243
+1,103 Produced
860 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

277
Oil
233
Gas
322
Coal
28
Renewable
0
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

UT
$0.43
USA
$0.46

Key Policies

  • Sets a voluntary goal of using cost-effective eligible renewable energy resources to provide 20% of their 2025 adjusted retail electric sales.

  • Requires the use of a motor gasoline blend with low volatility in the densely populated Salt Lake City and Provo/Orem areas.

  • Requires permits and surety for oil and gas well drilling. Compliance bonds begin at $1,500 and increase for deeper wells.

Electricity net production, trillion btu

+67
6.3¢
UT
8.81¢
USA