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Background and Executive Summary Pennsylvania’s energy opportunity continues to drive innovation and revitalize economies in the areas of the commonwealth that often need it the most. In Beaver County, Pennsylvania, the largest construction site in North America is underway, supporting 6,500 construction jobs and the manufacturing plant being built will sustain more than 600 manufacturing ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Overly-broad and imprecise business closure order will scramble supply chains, thwart production of life-saving goods, prevent those goods from reaching end users, and unnecessarily inflict lasting economic damage. March 19, 2020 (Harrisburg, PA) – In response to the executive order issued by Governor Tom Wolf earlier today, Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association President & ...

Updated May 20, 2020 Governor’s Orders: Promotion of Unemployment Compensation Fraud (PMA’s David N. Taylor hosts a newsmaker interview with Chris Hackett, CEO of i2M, about his decision to resign from the PA Workforce Development Board due to Governor Wolf’s promotion of unemployment compensation fraud.) Governor Wolf’s UC quote – David N. Taylor response (https://www.facebook.com/PAManufacturers/videos/322534388709606/UzpfSTc3ODU3NzM0NjoxMDE1NzkzNjU0OTE2MjM0Nw/) COVID ...

Governor Wolf announced plans today (Tuesday, January 28, 2020) to renew the push for his “Restore Pennsylvania” proposal. The plan borrows, bonds, and spends $4.5 billion in infrastructure projects throughout the commonwealth, and then implements a new, additional tax on energy production to attempt to fund the payments. The following quotes can be attributed to ...

PMA PAC, the affiliated political action committee of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, is proud to endorse Judge Christylee Peck and Megan McCarthy King for the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. “To uphold the integrity of Pennsylvania’s judiciary, we need Judge Christylee Peck and Megan McCarthy King to serve on the Superior Court,” said ...

Testimony before the:Senate Communications and Technology CommitteeBlue Spruce Lodge1128 Blue Spruce RoadIndiana, Pennsylvania Submitted by:David N. Taylor, President & CEO In modern manufacturing, everything is connected in this, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). This connected future is what the manufacturing industry calls, “the industrial internet of things (IIoT).” The IIoT is the extension of Internet ...

HARRISBURG, June 5, 2019 — A statewide poll conducted in April concluded that 68 percent of those surveyed are not supportive of proposed legislative action that would increase Pennsylvanians’ electricity rates by at least $500 million every year. The poll, commissioned by the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, revealed that, while consumers support electricity grid diversity and ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 2, 2019   MANUFACTURERS LAUD HISTORIC PENNSYLVANIA INVESTMENT BY U.S. STEEL PMA’s Taylor celebrates company’s commitment to southwestern Pennsylvania, praises President Trump’s defense against predatory foreign trade practices   (Braddock, PA) – David N. Taylor, President & CEO of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, issued the following statement from the Edgar ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 2, 2019   MANUFACTURERS LAUD HISTORIC PENNSYLVANIA INVESTMENT BY U.S. STEEL PMA’s Taylor celebrates company’s commitment to southwestern Pennsylvania, praises President Trump’s defense against predatory foreign trade practices   (Braddock, PA) – David N. Taylor, President & CEO of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, issued the following statement from the Edgar ...

 PMA’s David Taylor interviews energy expert Travis Kavulla, former president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. A former utility commissioner in Montana, Kavulla was in Harrisburg to testify in favor of keeping Pennsylvania’s competitive market for electricity and against the nuclear bailout. His conclusion? “It’s pretty simple – Pennsylvania’s energy policy is a ...