Energizing Indiana
Reid Porter
Posted July 7, 2015
Last week, 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 series started with Virginia, Ohio, Colorado, and New Mexico . Yesterday, we looked at Missouri. Today: Indiana.
Click on the thumbnail to bring up a two-page snapshot of energy’s benefits to the state.
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.
The top-line numbers: 136,400 jobs supported statewide by the oil and natural gas industry, according to PwC; $16.6 billion added to the state economy; $6.7 billion contributed to the state’s labor income. 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 Indiana $101.5 billion in Gross State Product losses from 2017 to 2014 and 108,343 in lost jobs.
Energy is critically important to Indiana, serving as a key engine for the state economy – expanding job opportunities and offering the hope of prosperity to individual Hoosiers and their families.
The future benefits of energy for Indiana – 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.