Energy – Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association

Pennsylvania’s manufacturers must be able to procure plentiful, reliable, and affordable energy. This requires an infrastructure system and a regulatory climate that fosters generation, transmission, and distribution systems throughout the commonwealth. Now more than ever our nation and commonwealth need to move away from the energy politics that have failed so badly over the past decades and put our nation’s own resources to work for American consumers. Lawmakers should be focused on unleashing American energy leadership rather than hamstringing progress through an onslaught of duplicative permits and regulations.

No hydrogen hubs if PA enacts punitive natural gas setback legislation

November 21, 2023 | Energy

Governor Josh Shapiro is trumpeting Pennsylvania’s success in securing two regional clean hydrogen hubs, one site each in Philadelphia and West Virginia, which he says will create 41,000 high-paying jobs. However, the governor’s victory statement should have also repudiated legislation in the House, HB 170, that would virtually wipe out the natural gas industry in ...

Wolf’s RGGI voided by Commonwealth Court as “invalid tax”

November 01, 2023 | Business Tax Relief | Energy

Pennsylvania’s energy industry and consumers won a massive victory in Commonwealth Court with Wednesday’s ruling that the go-it-alone Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) regulatory scheme ordered by former Gov. Tom Wolf constitutes a tax, a direct violation of the state Constitution that grants taxing authority solely to the General Assembly. The majority ruling, written by ...

Senate Majority Leader Pittman urges Governor: Heed key recommendation of your RGGI working group

October 12, 2023 | Energy

The working group Gov. Josh Shapiro assembled to sort out the mess that is the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), and Pennsylvania’s possible participation in it, was strikingly non-committal in its final report. There was one crucial point that legislative leaders, including Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman (R-Indiana), have made ever since the prior administration: ...

LNG Opportunity Knocks in Southeastern PA

September 08, 2023 | Energy

Delaware County, the Greater-Philadelphia area, and all of Pennsylvania stand to benefit from the development of a liquified natural gas (LNG) export hub, but surrendering to the radical Greens’ anti-production agenda will let another transformational economic investment slip away. Opportunity is knocking, but competitor states will be glad to take our place if we don’t ...

Biden’s Regulatory Overreach Galvanizes National Coalition of Businesses, Farmers, and State Government

March 28, 2023 | Energy | Regulatory Reform

The Biden Administration’s massive regulatory overreach covering waterways of the United States (WOTUS) was rocked twice in the past few weeks thanks to a federal court ruling, and U.S. House approval of a resolution that would overturn the EPA’s recent rulemaking. More is in the works to protect those especially vulnerable to the federal power ...

State Rep. Martina White’s LNG Task Force could unlock the true potential of Pennsylvania’s natural gas

March 11, 2023 | Energy

A little-publicized state House natural gas task force could lead to the most profound boost in years to the state’s economy, and with it, the nation’s security. State Rep. Martina White (R-Philadelphia), who chairs the newly created Philadelphia Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Export Task Force, points out that the natural gas exports out of Philadelphia ...

Ohio embraces a pro-production agenda for energy

March 11, 2023 | Energy

Lawmakers in Columbus have launched a pro-production counter-revolution against the anti-fossil fuel lobby, and Harrisburg would do well to follow suite. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, recently signed legislation requiring state agencies to allow oil and gas drilling on public lands, while also designating natural gas as “green energy.” “Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia ...

The simple, winning message of state Rep. Martina White

October 05, 2022 | Energy | Workforce/Education

In a district with twice as many Democrats as Republicans, the winning formula for state Rep. Martina White (R-Phila) mixes straightforward messaging with old-fashioned hard work. While campaigning, she knocks on thousands of doors in her northeast Philadelphia district promising to work for safe streets, good paying jobs, and quality education. It’s paid off. In ...

“Look in the mirror” – State Sen. Scott Martin gets motivated to solve problems

August 31, 2022 | Energy | Workforce/Education

State Sen. Scott Martin’s (R-Lancaster) career path in elected office has, in some respects, been inspired by the bad policy decisions of others. “I was complaining to a friend of mine about leadership in the county (Lancaster),” he says about his decision to get involved in politics and more involved in the community. “He told ...

Wolf’s destructive electricity tax is now official

April 29, 2022 | Energy

Despite rising inflation, sluggish pandemic recovery, war in Europe, and global supply chain struggles, Governor Wolf is going into overdrive to impose his crippling electricity tax, which became official last week. Wolf’s go-it-alone effort started with an executive order in October 2019, which called for Pennsylvania’s entry into a multi-state compact of 11 Northeastern and ...