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Energy Updates

Apr 13, 2023

Community Solar Receives Bipartisan Attention in PA General Assembly

Community solar may soon be legal in Pennsylvania as members of both parties have made moves to reintroduce the idea to the state...

Apr 6, 2023

DOE Releases Roadmap for Clean Energy Development

The nation’s coming energy transformation presents a complicated set of opportunities and challenges that will require a fine balance...

Mar 2, 2023

Registration Open for CEPM’s Green Building and Design Summer Institute

Receiving $125,000 in grants from the Claude Worthington Benedum and FirstEnergy foundations, Washington & Jefferson College’s Center for...

Feb 2, 2023

Ohio Law Declares Natural Gas to be Green Energy

Recent legislation approved by the Ohio legislature redefines natural gas as “green energy” and broadens producers’ ability to drill in...

Feb 2, 2023

NBER Paper Discusses Labor Effects of the Energy Transition

Major shocks in energy markets have led to serious negative economic impacts for regions with strong ties to the energy industry....

Jan 26, 2023

Gas Stoves are having a Hot Moment

Recent comments from a Consumer Products Safety Commission member concerned about the possible detrimental health effects of gas stoves...

Jan 26, 2023

PJM Finds Multiple Causes for Winter Storm Elliot Failures

“Once in a decade” Winter Storm Elliot revealed serious vulnerabilities in the region’s power generation system. A preliminary analysis...

Jan 19, 2023

Federal Regulators Release Blueprint to Decarbonize the Transportation Sector

More than one-quarter of all of U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from the transportation sector. As part of the Biden...

Jan 12, 2023

Hydrogen Hub Proposals Backed by Pa., W.Va., Receive Encouragement

Hydrogen hub proposals from groups based in Pennsylvania and West Virginia recently received notices of encouragement from the U.S....

Jan 12, 2023

NBER Study Analyzes Oil & Gas Leases in Marcellus Shale Play

The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) has produced a working paper studying the impact of auxiliary clauses on royalty...

Jan 5, 2023

DEP Report: Conventional Well Industry Compliance Record ‘Troubling’

A recent state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) report spelled out the “troubling” record of the conventional oil and gas...

Jan 5, 2023

Coterra Energy Pleads No Contest to Polluting Dimock Water Supply

Coterra Energy, formerly Cabot Oil & Gas, has pleaded no contest to violating Pennsylvania’s Clean Streams Law for polluting a small...

Dec 15, 2022

Cambria County Gas Leak Could Bring New Regulations for Underground Gas Storage

The state Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) ongoing investigation of a major gas leak in Cambria County could catalyze...

Dec 15, 2022

Solar Projects on Farmland a “Hot-Button” Topic in Pa.

The combination of agriculture and solar energy production is an emerging topic among state and local government officials, as well as...

Dec 1, 2022

Draft EPA Rules Aim to Further Reduce Methane Emissions and Equip Communities

President Joe Biden recently discussed the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed draft regulations regarding methane emissions at...

Dec 1, 2022

Webinar Plugs In to EV Basics, Incentives, Charging Network

Electric vehicles, or EVs, continue to take off in popularity nationwide and in Pennsylvania, as drivers confront higher gas prices and...

Nov 17, 2022

Home Heating Costs Expected to Rise for All Sources this Winter

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently published its Winter Fuels Outlook report for the 2022-23 winter season. Though...

Nov 10, 2022

Pa. Natural Gas Impact Fees on Pace to Set Record

Pennsylvania is poised to receive a record amount of impact fees this year from unconventional shale gas wells, rebounding from a record...

Nov 3, 2022

CEPM Receives Grants for Green Building & Design Institute

Receiving $125,000 in grants from the Claude Worthington Benedum and FirstEnergy foundations last month, Washington & Jefferson College’s...

Nov 3, 2022

Pa. Legislature Approves $2 Billion in Tax Credits for Natural Gas, Hydrogen

The state Legislature has approved legislation to provide tax credits for companies that use natural gas and hydrogen in their operations...

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