Appalachian Coal Belt > Tennessee

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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

36th Resources
19th Market
11th Infrastructure

Tennessee is one of the top hydroelectric power producers east of the Rocky Mountains. Power plants on the Tennessee River and the Cumberland River systems typically generate about one-tenth of the state's net electricity generation.

Tennessee's two nuclear plants account for about about one-third of the state's net electricity generation.

state-tennessee

Production trillion btu

2
Oil
7
Gas
28
Coal
0
Wind
0.42
Solar
28
Hydro
30
Biofuel
263
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

-1,453
+358 Produced
1,811 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

667
Oil
281
Gas
423
Coal
177
Renewable
263
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

TN
$0.40
USA
$0.46

Key Policies

  • Does not have a renewable portfolio standard.

  • Requires the use of motor gasoline with a reduced volatility during the summer months in six counties (Davidson, Rutherford, Shelby, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson).

  • Requires a permit and compliance bond for oil and gas well drilling. There is no permit fee. Compliance bonds begin at $2,000 per well and increase for deeper wells.

Electricity net production, trillion btu

-286
7.31¢
TN
8.81¢
USA

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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