CEPM

Center for Energy Policy and Management at

Washington & Jefferson College

Energy Updates

Oct 2, 2020

Lukewarm Weather is Driving NG Storage Up and Prices Down

Comfortable weather is causing uncertainty in the natural gas futures market. Natural gas futures, one of the metrics commodities traders...

Oct 2, 2020

Dominion Energy Targets Methane Emissions

Oil and gas companies are making efforts to reduce their carbon footprint by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. One company in this push...

Oct 2, 2020

Data Shows Salaries in PA Shale Gas Jobs Decline

Salaries for occupations in the shale gas industry in Pennsylvania are trending downward, according to data made available by the Bureau...

Oct 2, 2020

A Long Road to Hoe: Transportation Impacts of Shale Gas Development in West Virginia

A representative from the West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) recently spoke on the issue of secondary road maintenance in West...

Oct 2, 2020

Report Finds Devaluation of Homes Near Pipelines

A recent study indicates that homes built near and around pipelines face potential devaluation. Published in the journal Resource and...

Oct 2, 2020

Report Finds Devaluation of Homes Near Pipelines

A recent study indicates that homes built near and around pipelines face potential devaluation. Published in the journal Resource and...

Oct 2, 2020

Gov. Wolf’s Restoration Plan Aims to Benefit PA Parks with new Shale Gas Tax

The 121 parks that make up the Pennsylvania State Park system hope to receive a facelift in the coming years. However, funding for that...

Oct 2, 2020

Natural Gas Plays Key Role in American Energy Mix

Pennsylvania’s natural gas plays a key role in shoring up the nation’s energy security by helping support diversity in the nation’s...

Oct 2, 2020

Franklin & Marshall College Poll Gauges Pennsylvanians’ Attitudes towards Energy-Related Issues

The Center for Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania have released the data collected from their...

Oct 2, 2020

An Indiana County Town has been Ordered to Pay O&G Company’s Legal Fees after Losing Federal Lawsuit

Pennsylvania General Energy (PGE), an oil and gas company, will not have to foot their legal counsel’s bills after battling an Indiana...

Oct 2, 2020

Sunoco Settles Suit with Chester County Residents out of Court

Sunoco and parent company Energy Transfer will not have to appear before a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to defend themselves...

Oct 2, 2020

PA Residents Ask SCOTUS to Review Pipeline Company’s Use of Eminent Domain

A Lancaster County, Pennsylvania couple is trying to take their case to the highest court in the country. The issue at hand: whether...

Oct 2, 2020

Commonwealth Court allows Challenge to Zoning Ordinance Affecting Waste Fluid Injection Well

On March 8, the Commonwealth Court held that a well operator could challenge Plum Borough’s zoning ordinance restricting the location of...

Oct 2, 2020

Diversified Gas & Oil Reaches Well-Plugging Deal with PA DEP

Thousands of Pennsylvania’s abandoned or unproductive natural gas wells will finally be plugged after a new deal between the state and...

Oct 2, 2020

Pennsylvania Legislature Expected to see Buffer Zone Legislation

Natural gas wells are not hard to find in Pennsylvania. Though they may be tucked off of the beaten path, one would be hard pressed to...

Oct 2, 2020

ME2 to Begin Operations Again after Chester County Water Controversy

Natural gas drilling will likely resume in Chester County in the very near future. Energy Transfer LP, the parent company of Sunoco and...

Oct 2, 2020

CNX to Plug Problematic Well Pad in Westmoreland County

A hydraulic fracturing well used to extract Utica shale gas in Westmoreland County will now be plugged and rendered non-operational....

Oct 2, 2020

Natural Gas Prices Drop in Spite of Cold Weather

The winter time and cold temperatures generally drive natural gas commodity prices upward. Naturally, the demand for natural gas...

The latest energy news with an emphasis on southwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.