Mission Statement

The Commonwealth Foundation promotes market-driven solutions for energy policy that will benefit all Pennsylvanians. These policies must prioritize reliability, affordability, fairness, competition, and innovation, paving the way for Pennsylvania to embrace all its energy resources and unlock its full economic potential.

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Energy

America needs Trump to unleash natural gas

  • Andrew Lewis
  • November 29, 2024

Originally published at The Washington Examiner What should President-elect Donald Trump do on Day One? The answer is clear for Pennsylvania, where the president-elect …

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Pennsylvania is Now the Bellwether on Democrats’ Future

  • Andrew Lewis
  • November 21, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania The Keystone State was expected to be the bellwether on November 5th, and it didn’t disappoint. Not only did Donald Trump carry Pennsylvania …

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Pennsylvania Democrats have no mandate—except to compromise

  • Andrew Lewis
  • November 20, 2024

Originally published at The Patriot-News Pennsylvania Democrats took a bigger shellacking than most people realize. By now, everyone knows that Republicans cleaned up in federal races. Donald…

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Education

How Republicans should change Washington

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 18, 2024

Originally published in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette With their recent victories, President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans received a new mandate to act. But what does this mandate entail? Hints…

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Energy

André Béliveau in National Review: Fracking Mattered in 2024

  • November 12, 2024

Harrisburg, Pa, November 12, 2024 – Fracking played a major role in determining the winners and losers of Pennsylvania federal races, wrote Commonwealth Foundation senior manager for Energy Policy André Béliveau in National…

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Energy

Fracking Is Key in the Keystone State — in 2024 and Beyond

  • André Béliveau
  • November 12, 2024

Originally published at National Review Fracking was front and center in this year’s election, especially in the energy-producing swing state of Pennsylvania. But it is more than a wedge political…

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Energy

Energy Policy and the PA Election

  • André Béliveau
  • November 2, 2024

Exploring the critical energy issues on Pennsylvanians’ minds and how Harris’s policies might affect the 2024 presidential race.

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Education

Three things to watch as Pennsylvania votes

  • Andrew Lewis
  • November 1, 2024

Originally published at The Washington Examiner Pennsylvania may be the deciding state in the 2024 election. But what issues will decide whether former President Donald Trump or…

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Energy

Affordable Energy Can Alleviate Pennsylvanians’ Economic Anxieties

  • André Béliveau
  • October 31, 2024

Originally published at RealClearEnergy Pennsylvanians are anxious about their futures. However, a recent poll shows a clear pathway to rebuilding optimism in the Keystone State. New polling by the…

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Three Mile Island Demonstrates the Value of Free Markets

  • Stephen Bloom
  • October 21, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania In a political environment that increasingly pretends government-imposed fixes are the best answers to everyday problems, it sometimes feels like a rare moment when we…

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Education

How to Win Pennsylvania

  • Andrew Lewis
  • October 15, 2024

Originally published at City Journal With its 19 electoral votes, Pennsylvania is the nation’s largest swing state. Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump have inundated the…

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Energy

Solar Protectionism Is Anything But Sunny

  • André Béliveau
  • October 8, 2024

Originally published at RealClearEnergy Bipartisanship is supposed to be sunny, but at the October 1 vice-presidential debate, it took a dark turn. J.D. Vance and Tim Walz …

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Restarting Three Mile Island: Quick Facts

  • André Béliveau
  • October 1, 2024

Quick Facts On September 20, 2024, Constellation Energy entered a 20-year agreement with Microsoft to restart Three Mile Island’s (TMI) unit one reactor, renaming the facility “Crane Clean Energy…

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Education

Commonwealth Foundation names Andrew Lewis as new president and CEO

  • Andrew Lewis, Charles Mitchell
  • September 26, 2024

Originally published at Broad + Liberty The Commonwealth Foundation, a think tank focused on “transforming free-market ideas into actionable public policies,” appointed Andrew Lewis, a former Pennsylvania state representative…

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