CEPM

Center for Energy Policy and Management at

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Energy Updates

Mar 11, 2021

Report Claims Gas Industry Boom Hasn't Led To Promised Growth in Shale Communities

A recent Ohio River Valley Institute report titled “Appalachia’s Natural Gas Counties: Contributing more to the U.S. economy and getting...

Mar 11, 2021

Revolution Pipeline Back In Use Following Consent Agreement

A pipeline that exploded in 2018 has been allowed to again carry gas after a consent agreement was reached between its owner and the...

Mar 4, 2021

DEP To Allow Public Comment on Frack Waste Facilities

The state Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to allow public comment on authorizations for 49 existing fracking waste...

Feb 25, 2021

Governor Asked to Revoke Permit for Allegheny County Injection Well

A coalition of environmental groups is asking the Pennsylvania governor to revoke a permit for an underground injection well in Plum,...

Feb 25, 2021

WV Senator Pushes Natural Gas as Part of National Energy Plan

The chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, recently sent a letter to President...

Feb 18, 2021

Agency Warns Oil & Gas Industry Must Reduce Methane Emissions

Methane pollution around the world plunged last year, mainly due to lockdowns, lowered demand and drops in oil and gas production because...

Feb 18, 2021

Range Penalized For Abandoned Well Status Error

Range Resources submitted “inaccurate and conflicting information” to the state Department of Environmental Resources over the status of...

Feb 11, 2021

Ohio Regulators Investigating Source of Brine Shooting from Well

Ohio environmental regulators investigating the source of brine that began shooting from a gas well in Noble County and continued to flow...

Feb 11, 2021

Natural Gas Companies Commit to Methane Reporting Partnership

More than 60 oil and gas companies from around the globe recently committed to a new method of reporting methane emissions that can leak...

Feb 4, 2021

Severance Tax on Natural Gas Again Proposed by Pa. Governor

Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a severance tax on natural gas production in every year of his administration, and it appears that 2021 will...

Feb 4, 2021

Order Pauses Gas Leases on Federal Lands

President Joe Biden last week issued an executive order pausing new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and offshore waters. The pause...

Feb 4, 2021

State Forest Gas Revenue Transfers Face Another Appeal

A long-running lawsuit over the Pennsylvania legislature’s diversion of millions of dollars received from oil and gas leases in state...

Jan 28, 2021

Mountain Valley Pipeline Project Gets Key Approvals, But Challenges Remain

The Mountain Valley Pipeline received a pair of key approvals for its route through a national forest in Virginia, but environmental...

Jan 28, 2021

Has Hydrogen's Time Finally Arrived?

Hydrogen has been hailed as the fuel of the future since Bill Clinton was President, but its time may have finally arrived. A natural gas...

Jan 28, 2021

RGGI Proposal for Pa. Draws Support, Opposition in Public Comments

Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to make Pennsylvania a part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was met with more than 1,500 comments...

Jan 14, 2021

A Late-Term Rollback on Pipeline Reporting Requirements Finalized

In the final days of the Trump Administration, the federal Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety...

Jan 14, 2021

Natural Gas Impact Fee Revenue Falls 28 Percent

Counties and municipalities across Pennsylvania will see lower natural gas impact fee payments in 2021, the state Independent Fiscal...

Jan 7, 2021

PUC to Vote to Approve Fine for Revolution Pipeline Explosion

After three years, Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission has offered Energy Transfer a settlement over the Revolution Pipeline...

Dec 17, 2020

Plan for LNG Terminal to Export Pa. Gas Approved

The Delaware River will now become a key piece of the Pennsylvania natural gas industry as plans to build an export terminal on the river...

Dec 17, 2020

State Suspends Review of Proposed Gas Well at Steel Mill

State review of a proposed natural gas well at an Allegheny County steel mill has been suspended after the developer’s municipal permit...

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