Over the past five years, since the passage of Act 13 of 2012 and the inception of 
Pennsylvania’s unconventional gas well impact fee program, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has collected and distributed more than $1 billion to counties, municipalities and other organizations.
Extensive public information about Pennsylvania’s impact fee program is available on the PUC’s interactive Act 13 website. Visitors can review specifics on funds collected and distributed for each year since 2011. The site allows individuals to search and download statistics such as distributions to individual municipalities or counties; allocation and usage of those funds, based on reports submitted by various municipalities; eligible wells per county/municipality; and payments by producers.
To learn how Prince Law Offices, P.C. can assist you or your business with PUC matters, contact attorney Jeffrey A. Franklin at Prince Law Offices, P.C.
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This is just another example of “robbing Peter to pay Paul.” The fees increase the cost of gas drilling. These new costs get passed on to the consumer. The consumer pays the extra costs on his gas bill then gets some of his money back when the state disperses it back to his locality.
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