How the Loss of the XL Keystone Pipeline Affects Me Directly

My state loses $93 million per year to the poorest counties

The CER regulates and determines compliance with tariffs for pipelines under its jurisdiction, which include the major export pipelines from western Canada. Pipeline companies and shippers are required to follow the rules and regulations of transportation service as set out in the tariffs.

The Keystone Pipeline was put in use in 2010. Oil has been flowing through it ever since.

As you can see by the map above the oil stays in the US or illinois and is then refined in the Gulf Coast refineries and the finished products are…