Washington County leads Pa. in natural gas impact fee revenue
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Higher prices and an uptick in drilling resulted in an increase in impact fees from producing wells in 2021 and helped Washington County lead Pennsylvania in revenue from the fees, according to the Observer-Reporter.
Washington County will receive $7.656 million in impact fee revenue this year – the most of any county in the state. Impact fees are distributed to counties and municipalities across the state based on how they are impacted by drilling in their communities.
The Act 13 impact fees, which is money collected from producing wells and sent to the communities where they’re located, dipped significantly in 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, last year’s figures topped revenue from 2019 and nearly equaled the 2018 amount.
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