by Todd Stewart | May 7, 2024 | Blog, Industry News
On April 30, 2024, the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee passed SB 1174, which was introduced by its Chairman, Senator Stefano. The Bill, if passed and signed into law, would allow the Public Utility Commission (“PUC”), without...
by Todd Stewart | Mar 18, 2024 | Industry News
On March 14, 2024, at a press conference in Scranton PA, Governor Josh Shapiro finally announced his long awaited energy strategy. In anticipation of the PA Supreme Courts’ expected rejection of the Governor’s appeal of a unanimous Commonwealth Court decision that...
by Todd Stewart | Jan 15, 2024 | Blog, Industry News
By Todd Stewart at HMS Renewable Energy On January 12, 2024, State Senator Lisa Boscola, in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), introduced Senate Bill 1040 (Bill) that would, among other things, eliminate commercial scale net metering...
by Todd Stewart | Dec 22, 2023 | Blog, Industry News
By: Todd S. Stewart Pennsylvania is the second largest producer of energy in the United States.[1] Despite this impressive and impactful achievement, Pennsylvania has no coherent strategy for how to continue to grow its energy sector, or how to optimize state policy...
by Todd Stewart | Nov 6, 2023 | Blog, Industry News
In a Commonwealth Court decision issued November 1, 2023, the Court permanently blocked the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative known by its acronym of RGGI. The Court found that because the General Assembly never approved...
