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Monthly Archives: August 2015

EPA Rolls Out Final Rule, But Delays Target Date

When the EPA issued its final rule on the Clean Power Plan last week, it also extended the deadline for which states must be in compliance and increased the amount of greenhouse gas reductions.

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New Jersey Hears Critics of Energy Master Plan

At a public hearing Tuesday on New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan, most of those who spoke criticized state policies, saying the state depends too much on fossil fuels to meet energy demands, falls short in promoting renewable energy, and does too little to curb energy use.

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Ohio Legislature Mulls Renewable Standard Changes

Ohio’s mandate that utilities find more of their power from renewable sources is hampering the state’s economic comeback, a study presented Monday to a state panel considering the future of those standards suggested.

The study, conducted by Utah State University, suggested that states such as Ohio with renewable electricity standards have not fared as well as […]

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PA Political News

On Tuesday, Democrats maintained their hold on three Philadelphia seats in a special election. Former State Representative/City Councilman Ed Neilson, Donna Bullock, a former special assistant to City Council President Darrell L. Clarke and Joanna McClinton, former chief counsel to State Sen. Anthony H. Williams all won election to vacant seats created by two resignations and Sen. John Sabatina’s election to the upper chamber. As a result, Republicans continue with 119 members, and when the newly elected representatives are sworn in August 25, Democrats will have 84 House seats.

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DCED Reports on Global Petroleum 2015

According to DCED, 12 Pennsylvania companies represented the commonwealth at the 2015 Global Petroleum Show in Calgary, Canada in June. The show is one of the largest energy events bringing together global producers, service companies and suppliers. The event this year had 63,000 attendees and 2,000 exhibiting companies from 95 countries.

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DEP Releases New Revisions on Oil and Gas Rulemaking

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) this week announced the draft final revisions to the “Environmental Protection Performance Standards at Oil and Gas Well Sites” rulemaking (Chapters 78 and 78a). This revision continues DEP’s commitment to modernizing and strengthening the environmental controls employed by both the conventional and unconventional industries to assure the protection of public health, safety, and the environment.

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Clean Power Plan Presents New Opportunities for Pennsylvania Energy

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency released the Clean Power Plan. In a press release issued the same day, the Wolf Administration said that Pennsylvania will use this as an opportunity to write a plan that could improve public health, address climate change, and improve our economy and power system.

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Change in Tone?

Two meetings this week on the state budget left Gov. Tom Wolf and Majority Leader Dave Reed saying that they are still a long way apart on unresolved issues but that they plan to talk again next week. On Wednesday, Speaker Mike Turzai had said Wednesday’s talks were “an important discussion … although some of us share the concern that the governor has not moved off of his tax increases.” And Senate spokesman Drew Crompton said the meeting showed “how monumentally apart we still are.”

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