The Ports-to-Plains Alliance: An Overview

NORTHERN PORTS-TO-PLAINS TASK FORCE

BILLINGS, MT

APRIL 2, 2012

JOE KIELYVICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS

INTRODUCTIONMISSION STATEMENT

Ports-to-Plains is a grassroots alliance of communities and businesses whose mission is to advocate for a robust transportation infrastructure to promote economic security and prosperity throughout North America's energy and agricultural heartland.

ECONOMICALLYAlberta Exports 2011millions Total TruckColorado $2,965.0 $278.0Kansas $187.0 $128.0Montana $4,935.0 $343.0Nebraska $68.0 $43.0New Mexico $42.0 $40.0North Dakota $1,016.0 $526.0Oklahoma $4,825.0 $211.0South Dakota $84.0 $36.0Texas $4,416.0 $1,661.0Wyoming $1,514.0 $214.0

$20,052.0 $3,480.017.35%

ECONOMICALLYSaskatchewan Exports

millions Total TruckColorado $64.0 $41.0Kansas $50.0 $24.0Montana $72.0 $71.0Nebraska $87.0 $39.0New Mexico $10.0 $6.0North Dakota $610.0 $285.0Oklahoma $10.0 $5.0South Dakota $81.0 $54.0Texas $301.0 $31.0Wyoming $10.0 $10.0

$1,295.0 $566.043.71%

ECONOMICALLYMontana Exports 2010

millions Total TruckColorado $306.7 $87.1Kansas $254.7 $17.8Nebraska $79.3 $27.6New Mexico $122.4 $15.7North Dakota $359.9 $201.0Oklahoma $382.1 $6.4South Dakota $192.2 $143.9Texas $2,022.2 $52.4Wyoming $2,052.2 $1,078.4Alberta $343.0 $242.0Saskatchewan $126.0 $120.0

$6,240.7 $1,992.331.92%

ECONOMICALLYNorth Dakota Exports 2010

millions Total TruckColorado $429.3 $270.5Kansas $342.6 $49.4Montana $535.8 $397.8Nebraska $229.4 $161.4New Mexico $168.1 $50.2Oklahoma $338.4 $76.2South Dakota $1,150.0 $1,082.9Texas $1,757.7 $275.7Wyoming $210.5 $92.7Alberta $212.0 $17.0Saskatchewan $981.0 $928.0

$6,354.8 $3,401.853.53%

ECONOMICALLYAlberta Oil Sands Impact 2011millions Total PercentColorado $30.4 1.60%Kansas $15.8 0.80%Montana $3.3 0.20%Nebraska $10.6 0.50%New Mexico $11.0 0.60%North Dakota $4.3 0.20%Oklahoma $24.5 1.60%South Dakota $4.9 0.30%Texas $200.0 10.30%Wyoming $2.6 0.10%

$307.4 16.20%

What do Canada's oil sands have to do with the United States?• Canada is the largest

supplier of oil to the U.S.

• For every two jobs created in Canada from the oil sands, a third job is created in the U.S.

• Oil sands development is projected to generate $521 billion in economic activity in the U.S. over the next 25 years.

ECONOMICALLYAlberta Oil Sands Impact 2035millions Total PercentColorado $1,221.5 1.60%Kansas $805.9 1.90%Montana $1,663.6 3.90%Nebraska $134.0 0.30%New Mexico $130.4 0.30%North Dakota $49.0 0.10%Oklahoma $298.5 0.70%South Dakota $57.7 0.10%Texas $3,217.5 7.50%Wyoming $77.6 0.20%

$7,655.7 16.60%

% Increase Total 2490.47%% Increase Annual 103.77%Increase Total $m $7,963.1

http://www.oilsands.alberta.ca/USEconomicImpactOilCalculator.html

ECONOMICALLYAlberta Oil Sands Jobs

2015 2035Colorado 1,300 13,300 Kansas 800 8,900 Montana 1,000 18,000 Nebraska 300 1,600 New Mexico 300 1,400 North Dakota 100 600 Oklahoma 700 3,300 South Dakota 200 700 Texas 5,100 33,700 Wyoming 100 800

9,900 82,300

http://www.ceri.ca/images/stories/CERI Study 124.pdf

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Alberta Oil Sands Impact2010 to 2035SaskatchewanGDP $4,855 MillionsJobs 55,000 Tax Revenues $1,553 Millions

ECONOMICALLY – SOUTHERN TASK FORCE

ECONOMICALLY – SOUTHERN TASK FORCE

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Arts• Education

ECONOMICALLY – SOUTHERN TASK FORCE

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Co-Chairs:

Rep. Randy Neugebauer R-TXRep. Adrian Smith R-NESenator Ben Nelson D-NESenator John Cornyn R-TX

Members:Rep. Michael Conaway R-TXRep. Bob Filner D-CARep. Quico Canseco R-TXRep. Pete Olson R-TXRep. Cory Gardner R-COSen. Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TXRep. Jeff Fortenberry R-NESenator Kent Conrad D-NDSenator Mark Udall D-COSenator John Hoeven R-NDRep. Rick Berg R-ND

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Rural Areas Must Work Together

Policy Recommendations: Rural Connectivity and Mobility

• A major focus on upgrading and modernizing the transportation infrastructure that provides connectivity and mobility for America’s small communities and rural areas

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Rural Areas Must Work Together

Policy Recommendations:

• Freight Transportation – The new legislation should also include a major focus on freight movement, including freight corridors in rural areas, especially High Priority Corridors on the National Highway System.

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Rural Areas Must Work Together

Policy Recommendations:

• Rural Safety -- The new legislation should include a major focus on highway safety, especially safety on two-lane rural roads which often have fatality rates well above urban interstates.

• These overburdened two-lane roads are carrying much of the food and fuel destined for major metropolitan areas.

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Rural Areas Must Work Together

Policy Recommendations:

• Freight Transportation – The new legislation should also include a major focus on freight movement, including freight corridors in rural areas, especially High Priority Corridors on the National Highway System.

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Ports-to-Plains Alliance Mini-SummitApril 20, 2012

Washington, DC

Meeting Room:

Gold Room, 2168 Rayburn House Office Building

Time: 2 hours (9-11 am)

Invited Audience:

Congressional Members

Congressional Staff

Focused on the Ports-to-Plains Alliance Region and Caucus Members

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Ports-to-Plains Alliance Mini-SummitOil and Gas Prices and the Consumer

Description: New energy opportunities for North America in the Ports-to-Plains Region are growing quickly. These opportunities are largely dependent upon the decisions of regulators. What are these key opportunities and what affect will these opportunities have on consumer oil and gas prices.• Hydraulic Fracturing and Domestic Opportunities• Keystone XL Pipeline and Energy Security• Incentives, What Incentives?

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Ports-to-Plains Alliance Mini-SummitElectricity and the Economy

Description: There is not a sector of the economy that is not affected by the cost and availability of electricity. Renewable energy is providing many of our rural communities in the Ports-to-Plains region an economic shot in the arm as well as creating a growing manufacturing sector across the region. At the same

time coal provides the majority of electricity in the nation while creating rural jobs. How can we create an electric future that supports the economy and the consumer?• Renewable Energy Production Tax Credits and Rural

Communities• It is a long haul• Policy … Policy … Policy

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Ports-to-Plains Alliance Mini-SummitEnergy and Transportation

Description: The Ports-to-Plains Alliance Corridors create the backbone transportation corridor for North America’s Energy Corridor. With domestic energy production booming in the region, the stresses on the rural transportation system is also booming at a time when transportation funding is slowing. What are the opportunities to address economic opportunity with a transportation system that is safe and reliable.• North America’s Energy Corridor• Pilot Permitting Proposal• Opportunity connected to opportunity … Transportation, Energy

and the Economy

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MEMBERSHIP

Currently 165 member organizations

MEMBERSHIP

• Cities: Membership dues are figured at .61 per capita based on current census

• Counties: Membership dues are figured at .10 per capita based on current census

• $500 (International Economic Development Organizations and Chambers)

• $250 (U.S. Economic Development Organizations and Chambers)

• $2,000 - $50,000 (Business and Industry)