The House Finance Committee on April 9 and the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee on April 10 are scheduled to consider an eight bill package designed to promote the conversion of vehicles and fleets to natural gas called Marcellus Works.

Funding for the programs would come from diverting monies from DCNR’s Oil and Gas Lease Fund and DEP’s Clean Air Fund.

The Finance Committee will meet in Room 60 East Wing at 9:45 on April 9 to consider--

-- House Bill 301 (Saylor-R-York) providing for a natural gas vehicle fleet tax credit;

-- House Bill 305 (Denlinger-R-Lancaster) providing for a natural gas corridor tax credit; and

-- House Bill 309 (Grove-R-York) providing for a natural gas vehicle tax credit. 

The Environmental Committee will meet in Room 60 East Wing at 9:00 on April 10 to consider--

-- House Bill 302 (Moul-R-Adams) transferring funds from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund to DEP for a competitive grant program to convert small mass transit bus fleets to natural gas;

-- House Bill 303 (Moul-R-Adams) transferring funds from the Oil and Gas Lease Fund to DEP for a competitive grant program to convert large mass transit fleets to natural gas;

-- House Bill 306 (Pickett-R- Bradford) redirecting the Alternative Fuels Incentive Fund to create the Keystone Fuel Incentive Program to fund conversions of vehicles to natural gas;

-- House Bill 307 (Evankovich-R- Armstrong) amending the Air Pollution Control Act to eliminate duplication of certification for natural gas vehicles; and

-- House Bill 308 (Saylor-R-York) redirecting $6 million annually from the Clean Air Fund to finance vehicle conversions to natural gas.

4/8/2013