Marcellus States > Pennsylvania

Resources Market Infrastructure Policy

Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita

Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes

Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines

6th Resources
37th Market
3rd Infrastructure

Natural gas provides heat to more Pennsylvania homes than any other fuel. Pennsylvania has historically depended on interstate pipelines from the Gulf Coast to supply natural gas, but Marcellus Shale production now allows the state to meet its own demand.

Pennsylvania is one of the nation's top electricity-generating states, typically second only to Texas. Net electricity production regularly exceeds in-state consumption, and the state is an important supplier to the northeast region.

The mining sector—including petroleum, natural gas and coal extraction—was the state's fastest-growing economic sector between 2003 and 2013, with a compound annual growth rate of 20.5%.

state-pennsylvania

Production trillion btu

25
Oil
2369
Gas
1391
Coal
7
Wind
1.11
Solar
8
Hydro
15
Biofuel
788
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

295
+4,604 Produced
4,309 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

1176
Oil
1080
Gas
1093
Coal
172
Renewable
788
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

PA
$0.69
USA
$0.46

Key Policies

  • Requires 18% of electricity sold by 2020 come from approved renewable or alternative sources.

  • Requires the use of reformulated gasoline blended with ethanol in the heavily populated areas of southeastern Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia. Requires motorists in Pittsburgh to use a low-vapor-pressure motor gasoline blend in the summer.

  • Requires permits and surety bonds for oil and gas well drilling. Permits fees for normal drilling begin at $250 and increase for deeper wells. Permits for unconventional wells begin at $4,200. Surety bonds begin at $4,000 per well and increase for deeper wells.

Electricity net production, trillion btu

+682
8.94¢
PA
8.81¢
USA