Pennsylvania’s RGGI Odyssey

  • Joshua Schubert
  • May 4, 2026

Six Years of Lost Investment Underline Danger of New State Energy Taxes  Summary From 2019 to 2025, the looming implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) chilled investment in Pennsylvania’s electric grid. For six…

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State Budget

It’s the Spending, Stupid

  • Kevin Kane
  • January 22, 2026

Originally published by Delco Times. Every year, Pennsylvanians hear the same warning from lawmakers in Harrisburg: “The state doesn’t have enough money.” And every year, they’re…

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Energy

Shapiro’s Energy “Blame Game” is Costing Pennsylvanians

  • Kevin Kane
  • October 13, 2025

Originally published by the Pottstown-Mercury. Pennsylvanians are tired of excuses, especially when it comes to rising energy costs. They open their electric bills, see the numbers…

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Taxes & Economy

Stephen Bloom joins RJ Harris in the Morning to Talk Tax Reform

  • Stephen Bloom
  • April 22, 2025

Was your Tax Day painful this year? Pennsylvania’s tax structure may be the reason. Commonwealth Foundation’s Vice President Stephen Bloom joins RJ Harris in the Morning to discuss why Pennsylvanians…

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Energy

State of RGGI: Past, Present, and Future

  • André Béliveau
  • December 5, 2024

Key Points The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a multi-state cap-and-trade program that imposes a carbon tax on power generators, resulting in a new, economy-wide energy tax. Pennsylvania entered…

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Education

Shapiro’s Backward Budget

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • August 2, 2024

Originally published at RealClearPennsylvania Pennsylvania’s most precious resource – people – are leaving. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s newly adopted 2024–25 state budget, once more, mimics the policies of other declining…

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