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Texas: Major Energy Market
Texas is a Major Energy, Transportation, Fuel and Vehicle Market
- 17,500,000 cars and trucks (2005 vehicle registration)
- 180,000 truck tractors (2005 vehicle registration)
- 90,000 buses (2005 vehicle registration)
- 235,000,000,000 vehicle miles traveled per year
- More than 15,000 units annually in forklift/lift-truck market (estimated from U.S. sales)
- Leader in alternative vehicle market
- Use of one-tenth of all U.S. transportation energy (and primary producer)
- Number one in electricity generation and capacity (more than California)
- Largest renewable energy portfolio (more than California)
- Five large air quality nonattainment regions (with populations totaling 15 million)
- Largest U.S. CO2 emitter
- Largest U.S. H2 producer and user
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Texas & U.S. Hydrogen Production
Electric Power in Texas
- Coal - 20.2 GigaWatts (GW)
- Natural gas - 72.7 GW
- Renewables - 2.6 GW
- Nuclear - 4.9 GW
- Total Capacity - 100.4 GW
Major Metro Area Markets
- Dallas/Ft. Worth - 6.0 million
- Houston - 5.5 million
- San Antonio - 1.9 million
- Austin - 1.5 million
- El Paso - 0.9 million
- Five Metro Area Total - 15.8 million
Texas Initiatives
Vehicles and Technologies
- TERP - $125+ million/year
- NTRD - $9+ million/year
Economic Developmet
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Coalition