PA Gov. Shapiro Energy Policy – Formula for Expensive Electricity
In March, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro traveled to Scranton, PA, to announce a proposal to “immediately pull Pennsylvania out of a multi-state carbon cap-and-trade program” (the so-called Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI) and instead enroll PA in its very own RGGI-like carbon tax program (see PA Gov. Shapiro Proposes Own Version of Marcellus-Killing Carbon Tax). Same end result: It would kill Marcellus-fired power plants in the state, forcing them to close and relocate to West Virginia and Ohio, states that don’t engage in the lunacy of taxing carbon emissions from power plants. The Shapiro plan also includes a provision to FORCE the state to get 35% of its electricity from unreliable renewables, and FORCE it to get 50% of its electricity “from a diverse range of energy resources” by 2035, just over ten years from now. Shapiro recently found legislators dumb enough to introduce his plan in the form of four bills (see Extremist Democrats Intro Gov. Shapiro’s Energy Plan with 4 Bills).
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Former President Donald J. Trump met with members of the oil and gas industry last month at his Mar-a-Lago estate. According to snitches at the event, after one of the O&G big whigs complained about Biden’s attack on the fossil fuel industry, DJT made them all a deal: Raise $1 billion for his reelection campaign and on “Day One” of a new term, DJT will set about fixing the damage done by Biden to the industry. Sounds like a good deal to us!
In March, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro traveled to Scranton, PA, to announce a proposal to “immediately pull Pennsylvania out of a multi-state carbon cap-and-trade program” (the so-called Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI) and instead enroll PA in its very own RGGI-like carbon tax program (see 
The environmental left is now attempting to co-opt the term “Evangelical Christian,” defined as protestants who tend to be pro-life and conservative in their political views. We’re here to expose them for who they really are. We’re talking about the so-called Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) that keeps trying to pressure Pennsylvania to adopt unreliable renewable energy (by government fiat) and to force residents to dump their use of fossil energy. The EEN claims to be “pro-life” and “conservative” in their press releases. We question those statements. Our observation over the years is that EEN supports extreme leftwing Democrat policies ONLY, and they NEVER support any Republican energy policies in Harrisburg. NEVER. We don’t know about their use of the word “Christian” (that’s between them and God), but we can assure you they aren’t conservative. They certainly aren’t Evangelical in the traditional sense of that word.
Two days ago, MDN brought you an extensive article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that delves into the thorny issue of who should pay to plug some of the 200,000+ orphaned and abandoned wells in Pennsylvania (see 
The Bidenistas at the EPA attacked coal and gas-fired power plants in April, threatening to destabilize the existing electric power grid with new regulations (see 
In April, the Bidenistas at the EPA attacked coal and gas-fired power plants, threatening to destabilize the existing electric power grid (see 
There is no mystery about why we are experiencing the highest inflation rates since 1981 (see historical inflation data below). One of the highest costs associated with any good or service is the cost of energy. Joe Biden and his gang of lefties have driven the cost of energy into the stratosphere since taking office, using a regulatory bludgeon to block the expansion of fossil energy. The Bidenistas use the false premise of man-made catastrophic global warming as their raison d’être — their justification — for blocking fossil energy. And yet China and India together produce 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions, while the U.S. produces just 12.6% of the world’s CO2 emissions. So please, don’t lecture us that removing a few more molecules of CO2 here in the U.S. makes one bit of difference when other countries like China and India constantly expand their output of CO2. The only result of the Bidenista’s quest to regulate fossil energy into oblivion is to skyrocket the cost of energy.
Yes! It’s about time!! Pennsylvania State Senator Gene Yaw (Republican from Lycoming County) is about to introduce a new bill that will cut off millions of dollars in tax revenues that flow from shale drilling to any municipality (county, town, village, city) that launches a lawsuit against “Big Oil,” as recently happened with Bucks County, a Philadelphia suburb (see 
The very short answer to the question posed in the title is, Very good things! Current polls have Trump winning over Biden. But it’s still way too early to believe the polls. Still, it gets one wondering what will happen in the energy sector if DJT wins reelection in November. The staff of Rigzone posed that question to the top brass at the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute (two reliable, rational organizations) to get their take on the situation and the potential effects on the industry.
According to a new article by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, abandoned oil and gas wells can be found “everywhere” in Pennsylvania. An influx of new federal funding gives the state Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) new urgency in finding and plugging them. However, it is the thorny issue of who pays or should pay when the owner is known that caught our attention. In some cases, producers (and speculators) buy leases and land, knowing that new drilling (in particular shale drilling) may one day happen on the property, but the new owners didn’t sign up for the financial responsibility to plug old/existing wells on the property. Should they (instead of taxpayers) be on the hook to pay?
The Cleveland Plain Dealer has the long knives out for Ohio State Senator Brian Chavez (Republican) and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (also a Republican). The Plain Dealer is accusing DeWine’s Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) of corruption in not charging an injection well company owned by Chavez called DeepRock Disposal $1.3 million for cleaning up wastewater that migrated from a DeepRock injection well to a nearby conventional production well in Noble County. Instead, says the Plain Dealer, the ODNR sent the bill to the conventional well operator!
We’re sad but not surprised. The last time we reported on Williams’ Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) Project slated for New York was last June when Williams asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a time extension to build it (see 
EPA Administrator Michael Regan used a considerable amount of fossil energy and emitted tons of carbon dioxide to jet over to Dubai last December to participate in the COP28 confab, where he released a final rule that was “two years in the making” to force the U.S. oil and gas industry to cut methane emissions by using budget-busting new technologies and onerous (frequent) inspections (see