ENERGY IS...
FLORIDA
Illinois
PLAY BALL!
Energy is Everything.
BAT: Petrochemicals
for stains/varnishes.
CAP: Polyester fabric, made
from oil and gas, wicks away
moisture.
UNIFORM:
Polyester.
In virtually every human activity and
invention, energy plays an important
role: powering, building and
improving the quality of everyday
life.
Baseball illustrates this point.
Oil and natural gas and materials
made from them have helped make
our National Pastime better, livelier
and more colorful - from the green
playing surface to the uniforms, to
stadium seating, even the baseball
itself.
QUICK FACTS:
•
BALL:
Petrochemicals for
synthetic rubber
core, latex adhesives.
Polyester in stitching
yarn.
GRASS:
Natural gasbased ammonia
for nitrogen
fertilizers.
5-5.25 ounces - the weight
of a big-league baseball.
• Last season’s World Series
triumph was the Cubs’ first in
108 years.
• It can take more than 30 million
kWh to power a single Major
League Baseball stadium for a
season according to electricchoice.
com, much of that power generated
by natural gas.
• Major League teams will travel
about 1 million miles combined
this season.
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Energizing Illinois
ON THE ISSUES
ILLINOIS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ESTIMATES, 2014
Coal
RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD
Natural Gas
Motor Gasoline excl. Ethanol
Distillate Fuel Oil
Jet Fuel
LPG
Residual Fuel
Other Petroleum
Nuclear Electric Power
Hydroelectric Power
Biomass
Other Renewables
Net Interstate Flow of Electricity
-600
-400
-200
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
(Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System)
1,200
Trillion Btu
John Shimkus
U.S. Representative
“ With EPA set to take over the RFS program
entirely in 2022, which should concern
everyone, now is the time for us as
policymakers to examine how the program
can be improved to better reflect an
evolving energy landscape. Without reform,
neither producers nor blenders will have
the certainty they need in the years ahead.”
ILLINOIS ENERGY PRODUCTION ESTIMATES 2014
Coal
Natural Gas - Marketed
Crude Oil
Nuclear Electric Power
INFRASTRUCTURE
Biofuels
Other Renewable Energy
0
300
600
900
1,200
(Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System)
1,500
Trillion Btu
ILLINOIS NET ELECTRICITY GENERATION BY SOURCE 2015
Todd Maisch
President and CEO,
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Coal
Natural Gas
Nuclear
Wind
Biomass
Hydroelectric
0
20,000
40,000
(Energy Information Administration, Electricity Data Browser)
60,000
80,000
100,000
Thousand MWh
“ As our needs grow, so must our ability to
move energy from where it is produced
to where it is needed. That means more
transmission lines to deliver energy from
all generation sources and more pipelines
to deliver oil and natural gas. We depend on
plentiful and affordable energy. … [T]hat
means a broad mix of sources and a variety
of distribution methods to get it there.”