Natural gas development in Pennsylvania supports more than 320,000 jobs and contributes more than $45 billion to the Commonwealth’s economy, a new PricewaterhouseCoopers study confirms. The report, conducted on behalf of the American Petroleum Institute, also found that energy development supports good-paying jobs, with nearly $23 billion in wages provided to hard-working Pennsylvanians. This latest […]
MSC in Times-Tribune: Higher Energy Taxes Will Cost Good-Paying Local Jobs
October 27, 2015 | Filed Under: In the News
The Times-Tribune’s Oct. 19 editorial (“Expand pact to include fair taxation”) ignores market realities and basic economics in its call for higher energy taxes that will cost good-paying local jobs. As The Sunday Times reported on Oct. 18 (“Natural gas companies pounded by low prices”), natural gas prices are at decade-long lows, driving a downturn […]
Higher Energy Taxes Will Hit Shale’s Supply Chain the Hardest
August 20, 2015 | Filed Under: Blog
The shale supply chain in Pennsylvania is supported by more than 1,300 diverse businesses, providing jobs with good wages and benefits for hardworking Pennsylvanians. But persistently low commodity prices are driving a downturn in shale activity, affecting communities, working families, and the small and mid-sized businesses that support responsible natural gas development. A story this week […]
True Partners: Natural Gas Industry and Small Businesses in it Together
May 8, 2015 | Filed Under: Blog
Natural gas development has sent a wave of new economic activity and opportunity into Pennsylvania small businesses across the industry’s supply chain. These positive, far-reaching benefits were highlighted in a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review column this week by the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council’s chief economist Raymond Keating. In his column, Keating notes that between 2005 and […]
