In a June 13, 2025 decision, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court held that a municipality impermissibly granted conditional use approval to an oil and gas well pad and interconnect facility on tax lots that were already...more
6/25/2025
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Pennsylvania Senate Bill 102 Moves Forward-
On May 12, 2025, Pennsylvania Senate Bill 102 was referred to the Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee. The draft legislation had originally been referred to the...more
5/28/2025
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Impact Fees ,
Municipalities ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Pennsylvania ,
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Public Utility ,
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Regulatory Requirements ,
State and Local Government ,
Zoning Laws
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 1346 which was introduced at the end of the 2023-2024 legislative session. Its aim was to restrict the distribution of unconventional gas well fees to municipalities whose zoning ordinances...more
2/12/2025
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Energy Sector ,
Municipalities ,
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Zoning Laws
On November 7, 2024, several Pennsylvania state senators from oil and gas producing regions introduced Senate Bill 1346 of 2024, which proposes to change the way that revenues from Pennsylvania’s unconventional well fee are...more
12/12/2024
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Environmental Policies ,
Fees ,
Homestead Exemption ,
Local Ordinance ,
Municipalities ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Wells ,
Pennsylvania ,
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Well Drilling ,
Zoning Laws
Questions about the zoning of oil and gas development operations have persisted in Pennsylvania for years. Now, cryptocurrency and data mining operations may create new wrinkles in long-running disputes about oil and gas...more