Testimony before:
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee
Public Hearing: House Bill 501
Presented by:
David N. Taylor
President & CEO
Energy is Life: The Manufacturers’ Perspective
Good morning, Chairman Vitali, Chairman Rader, and members of the committee. I am David N. Taylor, President & CEO of the
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, the statewide non-profit trade organization representing the people who make things here
in the commonwealth.
In every way that matters, energy is life. The manufacturing sector, which directly employs well over a half-million Pennsylvanians and
generates $110 billion in value every year, depends on REAL energy 3 reliable, efficient, affordable, local. No matter what is being
made, manufacturers take raw materials or component parts and undertake a multi-stage process to yield a finished good. At every
step of production, large amounts of energy are deployed, which is why our industry requires REAL energy to be competitive. Energy
costs are a large expense for almost all manufacturers, with many firms having energy as their largest expense.
Pennsylvania’s energy resources are, can be, and should be a great strength for our industrial economy, which is why PMA supports a
pro-production agenda for domestic energy in a competitive marketplace. Pennsylvania generates 6% of America’s electricity and is
the nation’s top exporter. Annual Pennsylvania electricity production is 223,400,000.000,000 watt hours (223.4 TWh).
Read the full testimony HERE.