Electric bills will continue to climb for customers in the PJM Interconnection regional electric grid after the most recent auction for future electricity totaled a record $16.4 billion due to rapidly rising demand for power. The grid operator for the 13-state Mid-Atlantic region, including Pennsylvania, has been struggling in recent years to meet rapidly rising demand and modernize its rules to bring new power supplies online quickly. Much of the increase in demand is due t

Natural gas production in Pennsylvania continued to show strong 2025 results, as a recent Independent Fiscal Office report  showed an increase in both the amount produced and new wells drilled. Production volume during the third quarter showed a 5.1% increase from the previous year, and overall production for the year so far is up 5.7% from 2024. “This would be the strongest increase in annual production since calendar year 2021 (6.9%) if it holds up,” the report  states. The

PJM, the regional electric grid operator for 13 Mid-Atlantic states, says it will have enough power capacity to serve its 67 million customers this winter, but continues to warn that demand for electricity is rising faster than new generation is being added. Power consumption rises during the winter months due to heating needs, and extreme weather can also cause generation outages. This winter PJM expects to have  180,800 megawatts (MW) of capacity and is forecasting peak ele

Legislation to increase the required setback distances between unconventional gas wells and buildings was recently introduced in the state House. It’s an issue that has been debated for years but hasn’t been changed. State Rep. Greg Vitali, majority chairman of the state House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee, recently introduced H.B. 1946 .  Currently, unconventional wells are prohibited from being drilled within 500 feet of any building, 1,000 feet of

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The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to repeal federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions  from fossil fuel-fired power...

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved two proposals to help boost the supply of electricity and head off potential power...

The Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management will host a free Feb. 5 webinar on how Form Energy is ramping...

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The Marcellus shale play in Appalachia was unlocked 20 years ago this month, with the first hydraulic fracturing of an unconventional...

Staff from the Center for Energy Policy and Management (CEPM) at Washington & Jefferson College worked with students at Fort Couch Middle...

The Center for Energy Policy and Management (CEPM) at Washington & Jefferson College partnered with the LeMoyne Center in Washington,...

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As the use of wind energy and other renewables continues to increase, a December 2023 study indicates that there is no long-term negative...

On the heels of a large drop in natural gas impact fees for 2023, a state agency is forecasting an even lower amount for 2024. The...

About $100 million less in natural gas impact fees will be distributed to municipalities and state programs in Pennsylvania this year...