Impact Fees and Royalties Help Susquehanna County Community and Residents

Post contributed by: John Augustine – Community Outreach Manager, Marcellus Shale Coalition  Act 13, bi-partisan legislation enacted in February 2012, further strengthened environmental safeguards, provided critical regulatory certainty and created a new revenue stream through an impact fee for counties and municipalities. According to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Comission (PUC), Susquehanna…

Creating an Energy Capitol

Current estimates put the Marcellus Shale on track to become the second largest natural gas field in the world. And a Penn State University study predicts that Marcellus natural gas production could practically double by 2020, helping to make Pennsylvania the energy capitol of America.Some stats about the natural gas industry activity and what it…