Pa Governor Proposes Increases in Renewable Energy Standards and a Pa-Only Greenhouse Gas Program
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...Is this the beginning of the End for Net Metering in PA?
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...Pennsylvania Needs Leadership on Energy Policy
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...No RGGI for PA for Now.
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...