Pennsylvania lawmakers joined several of their colleagues in urging Congress to act on a bipartisan, bicameral energy production bill that aims to protect national security and American jobs while spu...
Read More
A United States appeals court decision issued July 30 blocks the federally approved construction of a nearly $1 billion natural gas pipeline expansion project that aims to serve three million customer...
Read More
PJM’s recent capacity auction yielded sharply higher prices to meet the regional transmission organization’s (RTO) reliability requirement for the 2025-2026 delivery year. "The capacity auction h...
Read More
On Tuesday, lawmakers from across Western Pennsylvania heard testimony about clean energy manufacturing, energy efficiency and the jobs the industries create. As part of a public policy hearing ho...
Read More
Members of the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee on July 24 hosted a hearing held in an underground coal mine on the economic benefits of coal. “The Pennsylvania coal industry’s co...
Read More
Pittsburgh-based independent natural gas production company EQT Corp. has closed on its deal to buy back Mountain Valley Pipeline operator Equitrans Midstream Corp. in an all-stock deal worth $5.4 bil...
Read More
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded Pennsylvania a $396 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) to help manufacturers fund industrial decarbonization projects. The g...
Read More
For the ninth consecutive month, Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate for June remained unchanged at 3.4 percent, according to a preliminary employment situation report released July 19 by the Pennsylva...
Read More
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law a bill that establishes the legal and regulatory framework for potential carbon dioxide capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) in the state. S...
Read More
Pennsylvania’s General Fund surplus of $6.6 billion will likely be depleted before the end of the next fiscal year, according to research released July 18 by the state’s Independent Fiscal Office ...
Read More
Senate Bill 831, legislation that would establish the legal and regulatory framework for potential carbon dioxide capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) in Pennsylvania awaits Gov. Josh Shapir...
Read More
Pennsylvania’s newly enacted fiscal year 2024-2025 budget includes regulatory reform efforts supported by State Sen. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-93) that aim to cut government red tape. “This is a...
Read More
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on July 11 signed into law an almost $47.6 billion state budget for fiscal year 2024-25 that includes important measures to strengthen the state’s economy. “Penns...
Read More
Legislation recently approved by the state Senate would streamline and improve tracking continuing education requirements for licensed Pennsylvania professionals. Senate Bill 1242 would give the Pe...
Read More
The state House of Representatives recently adopted a resolution that would require the state to investigate why thousands of students are being turned away from career and technical education (CTE) p...
Read More
On July 1, state lawmakers relaunched the bipartisan, bicameral Pennsylvania Nuclear Energy Caucus in an effort to help facilitate the commonwealth’s nuclear future. Caucus co-chairs, Pennsylva...
Read More
U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) recently offered a bipartisan bill in Congress that would temporarily suspend duties on imports of titanium sponge, an essential raw material used...
Read More
Gov. Josh Shapiro recently signed into law Senate Bill 1084, which modernizes the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). The bill, now Act 41 of 2024, amends Title 13 (the commercial code) and Title 20 (de...
Read More
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on June 28 awarded formula grants totaling roughly $4.34 million to the State of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block ...
Read More
The majority of Pennsylvania’s general acute care hospitals operated at a loss during fiscal year (FY) 2023, according to recent financial analysis by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment C...
Read More