Republicans appeared set to hold onto control of the Pennsylvania Legislature, potentially providing a check on Democratic Governor Tom Wolf’s ambitious clean energy efforts. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Both state House and Senate control were closely contested, with substantial potential impact for clean energy policies and oil and gas regulation in the major natural gas-producing state. A meaningful shift to blue could have freed up a bill on energy efficiency that advanced in the Senate. On the power side, efforts have been underway for Pennsylvania to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an emissions cap-and-trade program, but Wolf has faced a tug of war with the legislature over his executive actions. Generation in the state is dominated by gas, coal and nuclear, […]

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