FirstEnergy Corp. announced Monday that a Request for Proposal (RFP) to purchase 120,500 Solar Photovoltaic Alternative Energy Credits (SPAECs) annually over two years would be issued on behalf of thr...
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The construction and expanded manufacturing activity brought by a polypropylene manufacturing facility to the greater southeastern Pennsylvania region could have a total economic impact of $1 billion ...
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State Sens. Jim Brewster (D-Allegheny/Westmoreland), Vincent J. Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery), and John Yudichak (D-Luzerne/Carbon) recently announced a legislative package that focuses state eff...
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The Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) approved more than $84 million in loan financing in 2018, Gov. Tom Wolf said Wednesday. “Providing access to capital is one of the best wa...
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Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order Tuesday setting the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent by 2025 and 80 percent by 2050 from their 2005 levels. Wolf established the GreenGov...
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Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-46) was appointed Monday to serve as the chair of the Senate Labor and Industry Committee for the 2019-20 Legislative Session. The committee considers a broad range of iss...
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Gov. Tom Wolf, who will be sworn into his second term on Jan. 20, said his administration will continue to invest in a highly trained and skilled workforce and to grow the state’s economy. “Bu...
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The FirstEnergy Foundation recently donated $25,000 to support Fill a Glass with Hope, the first statewide charitable fresh milk program in the United States. Linda Moss, president of Pennsylvania...
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) raised rates Sunday by 6 percent increase for cash, E-ZPass and PA Turnpike TOLL BY PLATE users. The increase was approved by commissioners in July and a...
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State Rep. Jim Cox (R-Berks/Lancaster) was appointed last week to serve as chairman of the Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee. The Labor and Industry Committee works on legislation rel...
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Gov. Tom Wolf recently introduced a program to make it easier to navigate Pennsylvania’s new Clean Slate law, which seals low-level criminal records after 10 years without a subsequent criminal arre...
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State Sens. Tom Killion and Andy Dinniman introduced this week a legislative package aimed at reforming Pennsylvania’s pipeline regulatory process to improve safety at schools and in local neighborh...
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Rep. Russ Diamond (R-Lebanon) took the oath of office Tuesday to begin the 2019-20 legislative session in the state House of Representatives and noted that he would focus on problems facing small busi...
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Energy Transfer LP recently announced that its Mariner East 2 natural gas liquids (NGLs) pipeline has entered service and is available for both interstate and intrastate service. The 350-mile pipe...
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PennDOT’s Montoursville-based Engineering District 3, which covers nine counties in north central Pennsylvania, began or completed multiple projects in 2018. In 2018, 52 contracts, totaling nearl...
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently released the results of its annual Cold Weather Survey, which found that approximately 18,500 households in Pennsylvania that had their utilit...
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State Sen. Andy Dinniman (D-Chester) reminded residents Wednesday to check whether the Pennsylvania Treasury’s Bureau of Unclaimed Property is holding property for them to claim. Last year, the T...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) recently released its employment situation report for November 2018, which reported an unemployment rate of 4.2 percent in Pennsylvania. The un...
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A bill recently introduced in the state Senate would give municipalities the option to allow video gaming terminals (VGTs) at truck stops within their borders. Under Act 42 of 2017, the state was p...
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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved Thursday two partial settlements, one involving PECO Energy Company (PECO) and various other parties and one involving Duquesne Light and othe...
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