Pa. natural gas impact fees bottom out in 2020
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Natural gas impact fee revenue collecting in Pennsylvania reached historic lows last year, according to Farm and Dairy.
According to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, more than $146 million will be distributed from the 2020 reporting year, which is down $54 million from 2019.
Impact fees have been collected on new unconventional wells drilled in the state since the program began in 2011. More than $2 billion has been collected since the beginning of the program.
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Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
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