O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, The University of Montana Newsletter – Summer 2009

State Energy Production
and Economic Prosperity

According to statistics from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) Montana consumed about 430 trillion Btus of energy in various forms in 2006 while producing about 1,200 trillion Btus from a variety of sources. Assuming this was a typical year, the state consumes less than 36% of what it produces in energy or, alternatively, it produces about 2.8 times more energy than what it consumes.

This makes Montana one of the nation’s 11 states that are "net exporters" of energy. The top net exporting states are Wyoming, West Virginia, Louisiana, New Mexico, Alaska, and Kentucky, ranked in that order. All are net exporters of over 1,000 trillion Btus a year. Of the five Rocky Mountain West states, four are net energy exporters including Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Montana. Idaho is a net energy importer.

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