“Every Little Bit Helps” – How Some PA Towns Use Impact Fee Money

As we report in a companion post today, Pennsylvania is currently dishing out close to $180 million in impact fees raised from 2023 shale activity --- PA's version of a severance tax (see PA PUC Distributes 2023 Impact Fee - Revenue Dropped $99M YOY). As the name implies, some 60% of the money raised goes to the counties and municipalities where drilling happens, those "impacted" by shale drilling. The other 40% goes to the black hole of Harrisburg for redistribution to various state agencies and the other counties with no shale drilling. Let's look at how some counties and towns will spend the money coming their way.

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