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Leadership Opportunity: Competitive Imperative: Choices For Pennsylvania’s Energy Future
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By Christina Simeone, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy From carbon pricing, to improving distribution system cybersecurity and resilience —here are choices to guide Pennsylvania’s energy future. This policy paper published November 7 explores some of the options Pennsylvania has to shape that future. No other state in the nation—besides Texas—produces more energy than Pennsylvania. In 2016, the Commonwealth ranked second in the nation on natural gas production and nuclear power generation, ranked third on coal production and overall power generation, had a small (but growing) portfolio of renewable power assets, and was a net energy exporter (U.S. Energy Information Administration 2018). Critically, maintaining leadership in the energy sector is not a passive endeavor, especially given the dynamic nature of technologies, economics, and societal and investor expectations. The goal of this report is to identify a portfolio of carefully weighed energy policy priorities for Pennsylvania policymakers and stakeholders to consider pursuing, based on critical needs and complicated tradeoffs. Click Here to read the complete paper. Conclusion States like California are pursuing 100 percent carbon free energy policies that honor international commitments and will drive low-carbon innovations in America. While states like Texas are leading the nation in oil and gas development, providing energy resources both at home and abroad. But, Pennsylvania energy policies and politics do not resemble those of California or Texas; the Commonwealth is unique. Energy policy progress in Pennsylvania will look and feel different compared to these states. However, this should not dissuade the pursuit of improvement. Rather, advancement in Pennsylvania requires mutual compromises that focus on long-term growth (advanced energy future), core competencies (security and resilience), and responsible protections (communities and consumers). [Editor’s Note: Bipartisan legislative initiatives to expand and update the Act 129 Energy Conservation Program, authorize community solar energy projects and develop the infrastructure for electric, hydrogen and natural gas vehicles will have to regroup with the election loss of their prime sponsors on November 6. Bipartisan legislation was also introduced to promote microgrids. These initiatives present just some of the real opportunities for leadership on energy issues in the state when the new General Assembly reconvenes in January and all bills have to be reintroduced and start over.] Christina Simeone is the Director of Policy and External Affairs at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. She can be contacted by sending email to: csimeone@upenn.edu or calling 215-573-4096. NewsClips: Winter Weather Causes Widespread Power Outages In Western PA Thousands Still Without Power In Midstate In Wake Of Winter Storm PUC Reports 97,000 People In PA Without Power, Primarily In Southwest Power For Some May Be Out For Butler County Residents Until Sunday For Some In Western PA, Power Outages Could Linger Thru The Weekend Cusick: New Plan Calls For 10 Percent Solar Power In PA By 2030 Legere: Report: Big Shift To Solar Power Possible In PA, With Right Policies PA DEP Solar Plan Aims For 10% Solar Generation By 2030 Moxie Freedom Natural Gas Power Plant Now Online In Luzerne Another Natural Gas Power Plant Proposed In Bradford County From Coal To Solar: Former Mine Land Could Become Panel Farm Solar, Water Sources Help Derry Twp Clan Bypass Power Grid Cusick: Wolf Joins Governors Calling For Unified, National Power Grid Penn State Wind Energy Club Takes Home National Titles In DOE Wind Competition $100M Landfill Gas Refinery On Track For 2019 Completion In Throop, Lackawanna Transource Power Line Company Plants Trees In York, Franklin Counties PPL, GE Collaborating On Better Power Grid Management PJM, States Clash Over Market Jurisdiction At NARUC Conference FERC Nominee To Seek Counsel If Coal Bailout Plan Returns FERC Nominee Distances Himself From Trump Coal Bailout At Hearing New Study Reveals Natural Solutions Can Reduce Global Warming Lazard: Renewables Can Challenge Existing Coal Plants On Price Report: Closing Nuclear Plants Risks Rise In Greenhouse Gas Emissions DOE To Fund Coal FIRST Initiative, Critics Say It’s Political Not Practical IEA: World Has No Capacity To Absorb New Fossil Fuel Plants Related Stories: PA Solar Future Plan Recommends Dramatic Increase In AEPS Solar Mandate Of Up To 8% [Posted: Nov. 12, 2018] |
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