CEPM

Center for Energy Policy and Management at

Washington & Jefferson College

Energy Updates

Feb 22

Municipal Street Light Conversion Program Saves Money, Energy

In 2009, municipal officials in Southeastern Pennsylvania began asking their regional planning agency for help in managing their lighting...

Dec 2, 2021

PUC Approves Settlement with Energy Transfer over Pipeline Explosion

The state Public Utility Commission recently approved an almost $2 million settlement with Energy Transfer Corp. (ETC) over the 2018...

Nov 18, 2021

DEP Official: Federal Legislation to Provide Billions for Abandoned Well Plugging

The $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act recently approved by Congress and signed this week by President Joe Biden will...

Nov 11, 2021

Pittsburgh to Host 2022 Clean Energy Summit

Pittsburgh will take the world stage next year when it will host the 2022 Clean Energy and Mission Innovation Ministerial, a meeting of...

Oct 28, 2021

Ohio NGL Storage Well Project Receives Approval

A natural gas liquids storage project in Ohio is moving ahead after regulators issued permits for the development of three planned...

Oct 14, 2021

Pa. Unveils State Climate Action Plan

The Wolf Administration has set climate change in its sights and is preparing to combat the issue. The plan of attack was disclosed in...

Oct 14, 2021

Groups Ask State to Require Full Bonding for Gas Wells

A coalition of environmental groups has filed petitions asking the state Department of Environmental Protection to require oil and gas...

Sep 23, 2021

Group Appeals Permit for Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant

An environmental group claims in an appeal that the state Department of Environmental Protection is trying to revive a defunct air...

Sep 9, 2021

Study: Fracking Leads to Higher Salinity in Surface Waters

A recent study found a correlation between elevated salt concentrations in surface waters in areas near newly drilled unconventional gas...

Aug 26, 2021

Driving PA Forward Program Can Help Finance Clean Engines

Municipalities, businesses, and nonprofit agencies have a potential source of financial help available to replace older diesel engine...

Aug 5, 2021

Pa. Landfill Leachate to be Tested for Radioactivity from Gas Waste

Pennsylvania landfills, including those that accept solid fracking waste, will soon have to test their leachate for radioactive...

Jul 29, 2021

PA PUC Opens Rulemaking Process for Long-Awaited Pipeline Regulations

Two years after Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission announced plans to review and possibly update regulations on natural gas...

Jul 15, 2021

Pa. Takes Key Step Toward Joining RGGI

Pennsylvania moved one step closer to joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, after the state Environmental Quality Board this...

Jul 1, 2021

Bill to Open Access to Community Solar Introduced in PA Legislature

As solar grows as a viable power source across the Commonwealth, many Pennsylvanians are being left in the dark due to various roadblocks...

Jun 17, 2021

Impact Fee Payments Fall Due to Low Prices, Less Drilling

Counties and municipalities in Southwestern Pennsylvania and across the state will be looking carefully at their budgets as the state...

Apr 1, 2021

Report Shines Light On Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Pennsylvania

A new report from the nonprofit group PennFuture finds that Pennsylvania elected officials “continue to coddle the fossil fuel industry...

Mar 18, 2021

Natural Gas Still Big Business in Washington County

The Washington County commissioners recently gave their thoughts on the state of the local economy during 2020’s pandemic restrictions,...

Mar 18, 2021

PA and Chesapeake Energy Reach Settlement Regarding Royalty Payments

Chesapeake Energy has reached a settlement agreement with the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office for allegedly withholding royalty...

Mar 11, 2021

Commission Vote Bans Fracking in the Delaware River Basin

The Delaware River Basin Commission voted in late February to permanently ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas development in the...

Mar 11, 2021

Report Claims Gas Industry Boom Hasn't Led To Promised Growth in Shale Communities

A recent Ohio River Valley Institute report titled “Appalachia’s Natural Gas Counties: Contributing more to the U.S. economy and getting...

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