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State’s natural gas impact fee generates $164.5M in 2024, say PA regulators

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By Kim Riley  |  June 24, 2025

Pennsylvania’s natural gas impact fee collected from producers for the 2024 reporting year generated $164.5 million in 2024, pushing the 14-year total past $3 billion, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) said Monday. The impact fee, established under Act 13 in 2012, serves as the state’s tax on natural gas development. It has since provided a consistent revenue stream to all 67 counties in the commonwealth, regardless of whether they host drilling activity. “The impact f...

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