1. Eastern Coal Conference Rep. Phil Roe TN-01

2. Coal’s Past 18 Months Legislative – House Cap-and-Trade Bill – Lieberman/Kerry Legislation Regulatory – MSHA/Congressional Investigation over Safety – EPA Guidance on Surface Coal Mining – EPA Effort to Reclassify CO 2 as Pollutant

3. Mountaintop/Surface Coal Mining Coal yields 44% of our electricity nationwide Mountaintop Mining accounts for 10% of coal supply, which is nearly 5% of overall electricity supply EPA’s April 1, 2010 guidance has not had to stand up to public scrutiny

4. Safety Regulations New Regulations May Be Needed Concern About Legislative Overreach Right Regulations v. Overregulation Miners Lives Are On The Line – Must Get It Right

5. Mine Safety After Upper Big Branch Key Questions Congress Will Try to Answer: – What happened and why? – Was there a pattern of violation? – Could whistleblower protections have helped?

6. Effects of Cap-and-Tax Average increase of $3,100 per household if all costs estimated in an MIT study are passed on to consumers 3 million manufacturing jobs lost; 800,000 jobs lost total (Heritage) $5 trillion in GDP lost over 20 years (Heritage) Decreased competitiveness with China and India (not required to lower emissions)

7. States Differing Electricity Costs Tennessee Costs $8.18/kWh Primary Sources – Coal: 63% – Nuclear 30% – Hydroelectric: 6% Connecticut Costs $17.79/kWh Primary Sources – Nuclear: 50% – Natural Gas: 26% – Coal: 14% Source: Energy Information Administration

8. Why is There Support for Cap-and-Trade? High-Cost Energy States Raise Cost of Coal Low-Cost Energy States See Prices Rise Employers Stop Moving Jobs Out of High-Cost Energy States Cap-and-Trade Becomes an Equalizer

9. Energy = Good v. Evil?