Energy & Natural Resources Cluster
ENR Cluster Snap-Shot
Employment Baseline for Utah Energy and Natural Resource Industries
Total Employees
22,926
Percentage of Utah’s Total Workforce
1.9%
Total Wages (2009)
$1,381,142,470
Percent of Utah’s Total Wages
3.1%
Percent of State’s Average Monthly Wage
157.6%
Number of Companies/Firms
1,109
Total Patents (2005-2009)
162
Venture Capital Deals (2000-2008)
20
Public Deals (2000-2008)
11
Revenue from Energy Development for Utah
Production Value
Production Taxes
Property Taxes
Royalties
Total Revenue
$3,751,395,980
$77,074,318
$39,786,879
$251,799,166
$368,660,363
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor Q2 2011 and Headwaters Economics (2008)
Cluster Strategy
– Connect
• Advance synergistic resources, opportunities and capabilities.
• Recognize and promote Utah’s advantages.
– Industry
• Grow industry supply chains and the various players within them.
• Promote reaching Utah’s Energy Goals.
– Education
• Support advancement of workforce development and training.
• Create a general public understanding of the energy sector.
– Infrastructure
• Assist with electricity transmission initiatives.
• Champion planning and technology in transportation.
Energy Working Group
Formed in Spring 2009, lead by GOED to facilitate coordination,
education, awareness and opportunities for state agencies and their
partners engaged in economic development and energy matters.
Impact: duplication of efforts and gaps will be identified and minimized.
– Meets on a monthly basis and conducts tours of energy sites around the state
– Two groups spawned in areas where gaps have been identified
• Military Installation Energy Consortium (MIEC)
• Women in Economic Development & Energy (WIEE)
– One major event was also spurred
• Utah Renewable Energy Business Summit (REBS), November 2010
• Save the Date
 November 16 & 17, 2011, Salt Palace Convention Center
EWG Participants
State Agency Participants
Partner Organization Participants
Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED)
Utah Clean Energy (UCE)
Utah Science, Technology and Research (USTAR)
Econ Dev Corp of Utah (EDCUtah)
State Energy Program (SEP)
Utah Clean Cities (UCC)
Governor's Energy Advisor's office (GEA)
Department of Workforce Services (DWS)
Observing Officials
Division of Facilities Construction & Management (DFCM)
Representative Rob Bishop's office
Department of Agriculture & Food (UDAF)
Division of Oil, Gas & Mining (DOGM)
Rural Economic Developers
Energy Commercialization Center (ECC)
Beaver County
Bureau of Land Management - Utah (BLM-Utah)
Emery County
Department of Community & Culture (DCC)
Uintah County
Utah Generated Renewable Energy Electricity Network (UGREEN)
Carbon County
Division of Public Utilities (DPU)
Millard County
Salt Lake Community College (SLCC)
Cedar City
Renewable Energy Business Summit
Goals
1)
Connect existing and emerging businesses w/ growth opportunities in solar, wind, geo and ee
industries.
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Create awareness of Utah’s support system for RE/EE.
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Facilitate linking various players in the RE/EE supply chains in Utah to each other and to out-of-state contacts.
Encourage businesses to leverage government, nonprofit, industry and utility programs and services to
develop/expand.
Achieve a minimum of 200+ quality attendees.
Comprehend Utah’s RE/EE industry and marketplace.
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Identify how RE/EE fits into the ENR Cluster.
Survey (investigate, examine, evaluate, assess) if Utah can compete for business/jobs in the new energy
economy.
Results
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423 attendees; includes 251 paying attendees
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17 states with the highest attendance from: UT, OH, CA and MA.
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Special guests that paid their own accommodations to attend:
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Gamesa, Enxco, Duke Energy, Austin Company, Zions Energy, KeyBank, Stoel Rives, Pacificorp, Enel, eBay,
RMT, Unison/DXP and Southwest Windpower.
The largest number of attendees self-selected their types of businesses as:
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Consultants, contractors, education, government, law, manufacturers, nonprofits and service.
REBS Support
Sponsors
• Terawatt Title: Rocky Mountain Power
• Gigawatt: Salt Lake Community College, State Energy Program and
Department of Workforce Services
• Megawatt: Stoel Rives, Ballard Spahr, USTAR, First Wind, Zions Bank, Utah
State University and Flying Sensors
• Kilowatt: Governor’s Energy Advisor, Holmes Roberts & Owen,
Architectural Nexus, Enxco, Questar, Parsons Behle & Latimer and
Electric
Hunt
• Contributing: BLM, EDCUtah, Utah Clean Energy, UGREEN, UMA
Expo
• 38 Exhibitors: Represented private industry, state and federal government
agencies, higher education, nonprofits and Utah’s primary electrical utility.