Should PA, OH & WV Join Forces to Attract Hydrogen Hub?

Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia are all scrambling to form intrastate working groups or other alliances in an attempt to be THE state chosen for one of four regional hydrogen hubs funded by the recently passed so-called Biden infrastructure bill (see WV, OH, PA Compete Against Each Other to Attract $2B Hydrogen Hub). The new law provides $8 billion for four regional hydrogen hubs. However, other states, some of them in the same general vicinity (in the northeast) are joining forces to try and attract the hub too. Our question is this: Does PA, WV, and OH risk losing one of the hubs if they go it alone and don't cooperate? Isn't it a better plan for the three Marcellus/Utica states to join forces and ensure the hub gets located in one of the three, which will certainly benefit all three?

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