Energizing Ohio
Reid Porter
Posted June 30, 2015
Yesterday we launched a series of posts that, over the next few weeks, will highlight the economic and jobs impact of energy in each of the 50 states. The energy impacts of the states individually combine to form energy’s national economic and jobs picture: 9.8 million jobs supported and $1.2 trillion in value added.
We started with Virginia. Today: Ohio.
Click on the thumbnail to bring up a two-page snapshot of energy’s benefits to the state.
The top-line numbers: 255,100 jobs supported statewide, according to PwC; $28.4 billion added to Ohio’s economy; $12.7 billion contributed to the state’s labor income and nearly 14,000 shale-related business establishments supported across Ohio. All are significant drivers for the state’s economy.
Page 2 of the document illustrates the impacts of how EPA’s proposed ozone regulations could cost Ohio $23.3 billion in Gross State Product losses from 2017 to 2014 and 22,819 in lost jobs.
Energy is critically important to Ohio, serving as a key engine for the state economy – expanding job opportunities and offering the hope of prosperity to individual Ohioans and their families.
The future benefits of energy for Ohio – and the rest of the country – largely depend on national decisions on the country’s energy path. A new Wood Mackenzie study contrasts the benefits that a set of pro-development policies could have on energy supplies, jobs, the economy and American households with the likely negative effects on energy of regulatory constrained policies. The key comparisons are found on the first page of the linked document.
Energy is essential for all facets of our daily lives, from powering national, state and local economies to powering the family vehicle. Safe, responsible development of domestic oil and natural gas resources is linked to individual prosperity, energy security and basic liberties.
About The Author
Reid Porter is a spokesman for the American Petroleum Institute. Before joining API, he worked as Account Supervisor at Edelman. Porter double majored in English Literature and the Spanish language at Middlebury College in Vermont. He enjoys traveling, cheering for the Green Bay Packers, soccer, rereading Hemingway novels and spending time with family.