Friday, October 26, 2012

PA Marcellus News Digest 10/26/12


PA Marcellus News Digest
October 26, 2012

Release

DEP to Hold Public Meeting, Hearing for Fayette Energy Facility Air Permit
DEP Newsroom
Oct 26
PITTSBURGH -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting and hearing on Thursday, Nov. 8, to answer questions and accept comments regarding an air quality operating permit for the Fayette Energy Facility in German Township, Fayette County.
Link:
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/news_releases/14288

Articles

Court Bars Public Utility Commission From Reviewing Drilling Ordinances
NPR State Impact
Scott Detrow
Oct 26
Link:
http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/10/26/court-bars-public-utility-commission-from-reviewing-drilling-ordinances/

Pennsylvania recalculating distributions from Marcellus Shale fee
Post-Gazette
Laura Olson
Oct 26
HARRISBURG -- State officials said this morning that they miscalculated the amount that some towns will receive from the new Marcellus Shale drilling impact fee, and that they are working to fix the error.
Link:
http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/12300/1272112-454.stm

Marcellus Shale business merger activity slows
Bloomberg Businessweek
Kevin Begos, AP
Oct 25
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The wheeling and dealing over the natural gas-rich Marcellus Shale has hit the pause button.
Marcellus mergers and acquisition activity fell to zero in the third quarter of 2012, after major energy companies spent tens of billions of dollars over the last three years, according to a quarterly report Thursday of the financial firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. In the previous quarter, the deals totaled $1.6 billion.
Link:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-10-25/marcellus-shale-business-merger-activity-slows

Philadelphia City Councilman Wants to Use Marcellus Shale Gas to Revive PGW
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
Oct 26
Link:
http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/10/26/philadelphia-city-councilman-wants-to-use-marcellus-shale-gas-to-revive-pgw/

Commonwealth Court to PUC: 'Cease and Desist'—Release the Impact Fee Money
Canon-McMillan Patch
Amanda Gillooly
Oct 26
The state Commonwealth Court today ordered that the state Public Utility Commission had no authority to review local gas drilling ordinances and subsequently withhold Marcellus Shale drilling impact fee payments in four townships challenging the state’s drilling law, announced state Rep. Jesse White.
Link:
http://canon-mcmillan.patch.com/articles/commonwealth-court-to-puc-cease-and-desist-release-the-impact-fee-money

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