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Monthly Archives: August 2014

State AG Issues Subpoenas in Wider Review of Gas Royalties

Attorney General Kathleen Kane has broadened her review of natural gas royalty payment practices beyond those of Chesapeake Energy Corporation by issuing several administrative subpoenas throughout the state’s shale industry.

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Senate Committee Holds Hearing on EPA Carbon Plan

The State Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, chaired by Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) and Sen. John Yudichak (D-Luzerne) held a second Committee hearing Thursday to discuss the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to cut carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants.

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US EPA Sends Long-Awaited Renewable Fuels Rule to White House

The National Biodiesel Board released the following statement from Vice President of Federal Affairs Anne Steckel after the EPA sent the proposed final rule for the 2014 renewable fuel standard (RFS) to the White House Office of Management and Budget for final review.

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Legislative Update

The state House cancelled its scheduled August voting session days last week, when leaders determined they had insufficient support to take up Philadelphia school funding and perhaps pension reform. House Speaker Sam Smith (R-Jefferson) and Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) said the chamber did not have a consensus to put up 102 votes for either issue, with many members expected to offer amendments for other programs.

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Corbett, Wolf Talk Agriculture in Rock Springs

Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, August 12-14 is the state’s largest outdoor agricultural exhibition. ERG Partners is pleased to participate in the event annually, both as a sponsor and through its membership on the Penn State Ag Council. This year’s Ag Progress Days featured energy conservation, regulation, shale energy development and on-farm renewable energy sources.

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Comment Period Extended on PUC Proposed Alternative Energy Regulations

On February 20, 2014, the Public Utility Commission adopted a Proposed Rulemaking Order at Docket No. L-2014-2404361, proposing revisions to the Commission’s existing Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards regulations pertaining to the net metering, interconnection and portfolio standards provisions, with the Proposed Rulemaking Order published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on July 5, 2014 at 44 Pa.B. 4179.

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House Cancels Mid-Summer Session

House GOP leaders announced Thursday that they will not return to Session next week to vote on a bill that would enable Philadelphia to increase its cigarette tax as a means to funding its public schools, nor to address pension issues.

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Coal and Environmental Advocates Clash at EPA Hearing

EPA’s hearings in Pittsburgh Thursday and Friday on a proposed rule to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants were quiet but forceful inside, but led to loud confrontations outside the building.

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Grassley Files Amendments to Restore Wind, Biodiesel Tax Credits

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has proposed amendments that would restore the tax credits for wind energy and biodiesel production. Both measures would amend the Bring Jobs Home Act, which seeks to discourage outsourcing jobs by ending certain tax credits. The wind and biodiesel incentives expired last year.

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