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2 About Kentucky Coal Association Represents More Than 90% of Kentucky’s Coal Production 22 Member Companies 130+ Associate Member Companies Provides a “Voice” for Kentucky Coal Coordinates the Friends of Coal-Kentucky and the Friends of Coal License Plate Program 2

3 Outline The Current Situation in Eastern Kentucky EPA’s Proposed Section 111(d) GHG Regulations EPA Approved General Permit for Kentucky The Changing Market for Kentucky Coal 2014 Kentucky Political Perspective Update on Kentucky Coal Facts Kentucky’s Environmental Activists Friends of Coal Update 3

4 Kentucky Coal 3 rd Most Production in U.S. – 81 Million Tons 12,600+ Coal Miners – 3 to 1 Job Ratio W. Ky – 51% of Ky Production – 86% Underground, 14% Surface. E. Ky. – 49% of Ky Production – 49% Underground, 51% Surface. 4

5 Eastern Kentucky = “Ground Zero” January 1, 2012 through 1st Qtr 2014 – Loss of Direct Coal jobs – 7,000+ – Loss of Indirect Coal Jobs – 21,000+ – Loss of Induced Coal Jobs – Unknown – Loss of Coal Production – Down 43% 5

6 40 Million Tons in E Ky in 2013 Wyoming 401 million tons1 st West Virginia123 million tons2 nd Kentucky81 million tons3 rd Pennsylvania53 million tons4 th Illinois 49 million tons5 th Texas 44 million tons6 th Eastern Ky40 million tons7 th Indiana38 million tons8 th 6

7 Proposed 111(d) GHG Regulations 7

8 EPA Approved General Permit for Kentucky 8

9 The Changing Market for Kentucky Coal 9

10 U.S. Demand for Energy SOURCE: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Institute for 21 st Century Energy 10

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12 India’s Have Nots SOURCE: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Institute for 21 st Century Energy 12

13 Mumbai, India - 2013 13

14 Jaipur, India - 2013 14

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16 2014 Kentucky Political Perspective 16

17 Pres. Obama’s 2 nd Term 17

18 New Faces in 2 nd Term EPA Admin. Gina McCarthySec. of Energy Ernest Moniz 18

19 June 25, 2013 “Today, I’m calling for an end of public financing for new coal plants overseas unless they deploy carbon-capture technologies, or there’s no other viable way for the poorest countries to generate electricity. And I urge other countries to join this effort.” 19

20 Political Campaigns U.S. Senator Mitch McConnellSec. Alison Lundergan Grimes 20

21 Current U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) “Coal makes us sick, oil makes us sick, it's ruining our country, it's ruining our world.” – Fox Business, 2008 21

22 Kentucky Coal Facts – 14 th Edition 22

23 http://energy.ky.gov/Pages/CoalFacts.aspx 23

24 Kentucky’s Environmental Activists 24

25 Bluegrass Pipeline Issue 25

26 Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign 26

27 Sierra Club’s Beyond Natural Gas Campaign 27

28 McCarthy Suggests Nuclear? EPA: Carbon rules could ensure nuclear power's survival – Headline from The Chicago Tribune, June 18, 2014 28

29 Nuclear Power? 29

30 Atlanta EPA Hearing – 7/29/14 30

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32 80,000+

33 UK Mining Engineering Scholarships 33

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