Harrisburg, PA – Earlier this week, Broad and Liberty published an opinion piece written by SRCC Communications Director Michael Straw highlighting the drawbacks of Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). In it, he argues why Pennsylvania Senate Democrats should reconsider their position and help Pennsylvanians by pulling the Commonwealth out of RGGI.

Some of the issues that are highlighted include:

–          Pennsylvania is beginning to see the evidence of lost jobs due to RGGI with the recent closing of the Homer City Generation LP plant.

–          The Public Utility Commission is reporting that energy hikes are still occurring, continuing a trend of rising prices that began last year. This further confirms the Independent Fiscal Office’s projections that RGGI would cost energy producers up to $800 million, a cost passed down to the consumers.

Meanwhile, another state in our region is doing exactly what this article proposes, pulling out of RGGI. Recently, Virginia has started the process to pull the state out of the initiative.

Prior to Broad and Liberty’s piece, the PA SRCC had put out numerous releases over the past two years forecasting what RGGI would bring.

 

Information provided to TVL by:
Michael Straw
The Pennsylvania Republican Senate Campaign Committee
https://www.pasrcc.com/

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