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Energy Updates

Nov 10, 2022

IEA’s World Energy Outlook Predicts Coming “Turning Point” in the Global Energy Order

Fallout from the Russo-Ukrainian conflict has created a global energy crisis that may lead to a dramatic shift in the “global energy...

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...

Oct 27, 2022

CEPM to Present “Plugging In: EVs and the Charging Network” Webinar

The Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management will host a free Nov. 16 webinar discussing the basics of...

Oct 27, 2022

EQB Approves Rule Limiting Emissions from Conventional Wells under Threat of Sanction

The state Environmental Quality Board (EQB) recently approved a rule to control air pollution from conventional oil and gas wells in a...

Oct 18, 2022

CNX to Bring All-Electric Well Drilling System to Region

CNX plans to bring an electric-powered drilling system to the Appalachian Basin, continuing its innovation into cleaner forms of gas...

Oct 18, 2022

OPEC+’s Production Cuts Add to Global Energy Concerns

OPEC+ has decided to cut oil production by 2 million barrels per day (bpd) in response to increasingly volatile economic and geopolitical...

Oct 13, 2022

After a COVID-Induced Lull, Gas Operators are Tapping into their DUCs

Natural gas operators are prioritizing work on existing infrastructure in lieu of drilling new wells, even as demand continues to grow. A...

Oct 13, 2022

W.Va. Hydrogen Hub Coalition Forms

The race to attract federal start-up funds for a hydrogen hub in the Appalachian region is attracting more competitors, as West Virginia...

Oct 6, 2022

“Harnessing Hydrogen” Symposium Focuses on Resolving Challenges

Hydrogen energy and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) could play a big role in decarbonization and climate goals, speakers at the...

Oct 6, 2022

EIA: Europe’s Gas Demand is Raising Prices Everywhere

Natural gas prices are now breaking highs of the previous five years. The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s recent Natural Gas...

Sep 29, 2022

Nord Stream Gas Leak Raises Environmental and Political Concerns

The damaged Nord Stream pipelines are leaking huge amounts of natural gas into the Baltic Sea and atmosphere. The Nord Stream 1 and 2...

Sep 29, 2022

Hydrogen Hub Funding Applications Opened; Pa. Has Work to Do

With the announcement at last week’s Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh that the U.S. Department of Energy that is opening...

Sep 21, 2022

Hydrogen Energy and Carbon Capture Could Also Impact Local Government

Clean hydrogen and carbon capture are terms that local government officials may have heard, but the potential that these emerging...

Sep 21, 2022

EIA: U.S. Will Consume Record Amount of Natural Gas in 2022

The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) is predicting that natural gas consumption...

Sep 15, 2022

Experts from Across the Commonwealth Convene to Discuss Hydrogen, Carbon Capture

On September 12, 2022, CEPM Director, Corey Young, attended the quarterly meeting of the Team Pennsylvania Energy Horizons Cross-Sector...

Sep 15, 2022

Companies Announce Hydrogen Hub Collaboration

Three companies that are already part of an alliance to help attract a hydrogen hub to the tri-state region recently announced that they...

Sep 8, 2022

Electric Car Sales Grow Rapidly But Challenges Loom

Sales of electric vehicles doubled in 2021 from the previous year and have kept rising in 2022, according to a recent report from the...

Sep 8, 2022

Pennsylvania Could be Home to a Hydrogen Hub: Why it Matters for Local Governments

Earlier this year, President Biden announced plans to develop and fund four regional clean hydrogen hubs across the country as part of...

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