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Shale Investment Dashboard In Ohio Q3 And Q4 2017, Andrew R. Thomas, Mark Henning, Kirby Date, Tahir E. Sondo

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This report presents findings from an investigation into shale-related investment in Ohio. The investment estimates are cumulative from July through December of 2017. Prior investments have previously been reported and are available from Cleveland State University. Subsequent reports will estimate additional investment since the date of this report.

The Economic And Fiscal Impact Of A Microgrid In Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, Andrew R. Thomas, Mark Henning, Kirby Date, Robert A. Simons

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This report relates the results of an investigation into market conditions for a proposed microgrid in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, as well the potential for additional jobs, income, and tax revenues that might accompany such an enterprise. Power interruptions have been estimated to cost commercial and industrial customers more than $100 billion each year in the United States.1 Because microgrids can reduce or eliminate power disruptions, the proposed microgrid could position Cleveland to capture growth among those industries that experience relatively greater losses when power outages occur. This includes momentary interruptions, which account for a “substantial portion”2 of such costs. The …

Techno-Economic Feasibility Analysis Of A Microgrid In Downtown Cleveland, Ohio, Ali H. Ahmed, Andrew R. Thomas, Mark Henning

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Increasing the resiliency of the electrical utility system in a region has numerous benefits to the residents, companies, and public entities operating in that region ranging from improved safety to financial impacts. However, attracting political interest and capital for such a major infrastructure improvement project requires an expectation from the potential participants that the project will be technically possible and economically attractive for investors. Performing a feasibility study is an important first step to ensure that a project is worthy of pursuit from both a technical and economic viewpoint.

Valuing Resiliency From Microgrids: How End Users Can Estimate The Marginal Value Of Resilient Power, Andrew R. Thomas, Mark Henning

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This report is part of a general microgrid planning evaluation for Cleveland, Ohio undertaken by Cleveland State University and Case Western Reserve University, underwritten by the Cleveland Foundation. The evaluation has been undertaken in collaboration with Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland. This report focuses on one of the more important questions posed in building a microgrid: what is the marginal value of reliable power to end users?

Shale Investment Dashboard In Ohio Q1 And Q2 2017, Andrew R. Thomas, Mark Henning, Jeffrey C. Dick

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This report presents findings from an investigation into shale-related investment in Ohio. The investment estimates are cumulative from January through June of 2017. Prior investments have previously been reported and are available from Cleveland State University. Subsequent reports will estimate additional investment since the date of this report.

Shale Investment Dashboard In Ohio Q3 And Q4 2016, Andrew R. Thomas, Jeffrey C. Dick, Mark Henning

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This report presents findings from an investigation into shale-related investment in Ohio. The investment estimates are cumulative from July through December of 2016. Prior investments have previously been reported and are available from Cleveland State University. Subsequent reports will estimate additional investment since the date of this report.

Shale Investment Dashboard In Ohio, Andrew R. Thomas, Jeffery C. Dick, Peter Scully

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This report presents findings from an investigation into shale-related investment in Ohio from researchers at Cleveland State and Youngstown State Universities. The investment estimates are cumulative from 2011 through the summer of 2016. Subsequent reports will estimate additional investment since the date of this report.

The investigation was made into upstream, midstream and downstream investments. The downturn in oil and gas prices in late 2014 that continued through 2016 has constrained upstream investment in Ohio, as drilling slowed. However low hydrocarbon prices have increased a nationwide appetite for natural gas and natural gas liquids. This has led to a continuation …

Deregulating Electricity Prices Saves Ohio $3 Billion Each Year, Andrew R. Thomas, William M. Bowen, Edward W. Hill, Adam Kanter, Taekyoung Lim

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Analysis Of Supply Chain Opportunities For Fuel Cell Buses Using Industrial Classifications, Andrew R. Thomas, Iryna Lendel, Adam Kanter

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Electricity Customer Choice In Ohio: How Competition Has Outperformed Traditional Monopoly Regulation, Andrew R. Thomas, William M. Bowen, Edward W. Hill, Adam Kanter, Taekyoung Lim

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It took nearly a decade of sorting out regulatory problems, but by 2011 deregulation of the market for electricity generation in Ohio began to work exactly how economic theory projected it would. Since 2011, a robust retail market for electricity has developed in Ohio. As a result, deregulation of electricity has saved consumers an average of $3 billion per year, for a total of $15 billion over five years. Moreover, it is projected to continue to save consumers nearly that amount for the next five years, through 2020, totaling another $15 billion in savings. Further, the Midwestern deregulated states (Ohio, …

Midstream Challenges And Downstream Opportunities In The Tri-State Region, Iryna Lendel, Andrew R. Thomas, Bryan Townley

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To date, much of the work evaluating economic development opportunity resulting from shale has focused primarily on the upstream (exploration and production) side of the oil gas business. However, it has been apparent for some time that regional industries that transmit, process and consume natural gas would benefit greatly from a local source of cheap and abundant natural gas. Moreover, it has also become apparent that certain locations within the Marcellus and Utica shale formations produce gas rich in natural gas liquids (“NGLs”). The result has been the rapid development of a midstream infrastructure in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. …

Fiscal And Economic Impact Analysis Of Proposed Nexus Natural Gas Pipeline On The City Of Green, Ohio, Robert A. Simons, Andrew R. Thomas, Iryna Lendel, Bryan Townley

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In 2014 Spectra Energy (“Spectra”) and DTE Energy announced plans to build a high-pressure natural gas transmission pipeline (called “Nexus”) that would run from the Utica-Marcellus region near eastern Ohio across northern Ohio, into Michigan, and ultimately into Chicago and Ontario, Canada. The stated purpose for building the proposed pipeline is to take anticipated “growing” gas supplies produced from the Appalachian Basin to the “high demand” markets in Ohio, Michigan, Chicago and Ontario. Nexus proposes 250 miles of high pressure, 36 inch diameter pipeline capable of carrying around 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.

However the route …

Economics Of Utica Shale In Ohio: Supply Chain Analysis, Iryna Lendel, Andrew R. Thomas, Bryan Townley, Marcus Notaro

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Economics Of Utica Shale In Ohio: Workforce Analysis, Iryna Lendel, Andrew R. Thomas, Bryan Townley, Thomas Murphy, Ken Kalynchuk

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Mapping The Opportunities For Shale Development In Ohio, Iryna Lendel, Andrew R. Thomas, Bryan Townley, Jeffrey C. Dick

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Opportunities For Stationary Fuel Cell Applications In Ohio: Public Finance And Other Strategies, Andrew R. Thomas, Benjamin Y. Clark, Allan Immonen

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Ohio has not, heretofore, been a major player in the deployment of stationary fuel cell applications, notwithstanding its status as a leader in developing fuel cell technology. One reason for this is that in the years since fuel cells became commercially available, fuel cell power generation had struggled to be cost effective in Ohio due to a combination low electricity prices and high natural gas prices, the latter being the most common fuel for stationary fuel cell applications.

By 2015, this had changed. The Mid-Atlantic region was enjoying the lowest natural gas prices in North America as a result of …

Understanding Ohio's Electricity Markets: Characteristics, Structure And Price, Iryna Lendel, Andrew R. Thomas

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Understanding Electricity Markets In Ohio, Andrew R. Thomas, Iryna Lendel, Sunjoo Park

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Water Resources Shaping Ohio's Future: Water Efficiency Manual For Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional Facilities (Presentation), Serena Alexander, Wendy A. Kellogg, Iryna Lendel, Andrew R. Thomas, Nicholas C. Zingale

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Water Resources Shaping Ohio's Future: Water Efficiency Manual For Industrial, Commercial, And Institutional Facilities (Report), Serena Alexander, Wendy A. Kellogg, Iryna Lendel, Andrew R. Thomas, Nicholas C. Zingale

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Ohio Utica Shale Gas Monitor, Edward W. Hill, Kelly Kinahan, Allan Immonen

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This report analyzes aggregate indicators of economic activity related to the early stages of Utica and Marcellus shale development in the State of Ohio from January through August 2013, reviewing sales receipts as a leading indicator of economic activity, total employment based upon where people live rather than work, well activity, and gas prices.

Ohio Utica Shale Gas Monitor, Edward W. Hill, Kelly Kinahan

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Development of the Utica Shale is impacting the economy of nearly every one of Ohio’s 88 counties. Although still in the exploration phase, the Utica Shale is triggering wealth creation even as the ongoing build-out of the formation’s midstream of pipelines and processing plants is limiting job creation and productivity.

This quarterly study groups Ohio’s counties into four categories: strong shale, moderate shale, weak shale, and non-shale counties. The results show that strong shale counties are experiencing ongoing enhanced economic activity with job creation that, while slim, outpaces hiring in other areas of the state. This wealth and job creation …

Ohio Utica Shale Region Monitor, Kelly Kinahan, Edward W. Hill

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In 2011, drilling for oil and gas recommenced in the state of Ohio after a century of dormancy, due to recently developed technologies enabling the extraction of hydrocarbons from shale reservoirs that had previously been assumed impermeable and therefore uneconomical. The purpose of this report is to analyze two indicators of economic activity, sales receipts and employment, related to the early stages of Utica and Marcellus shale development in the State of Ohio. Tracking these two measures will assist in the preliminary detection of economic trends that are likely related to the growth of the oil and gas industries in …

Distributed Generation As A Response To Rising Electricity Costs In Ohio, Andrew R. Thomas, Iryna Lendel

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Ohio faces significant challenges to its manufacturing in a global economy. Energy intensive manufacturing, in particular, is threatened by rising electricity costs and a need to reduce carbon emissions. Electricity costs are projected to increase substantially in the coming years, especially in grid constrained areas such as that found in Northern Ohio. One answer to this threat is the adoption of distributed generation, especially in the form of combined heat and power, or CHP. Distributed generation is power generated in small amounts at or near the site of consumption, thereby reducing line losses and increasing the strategic value of that …

Moving Ohio Manufacturing Forward: Competitive Electricity Pricing, Iryna Lendel, Sunjoo Park, Andrew R. Thomas

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