(Washington Examiner, November 19, 2025)
The reality of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is that it was worse than a bad fit for Pennsylvania. It was awful.
Last week, after a bruising budget impasse between Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) and the state Senate, which is majority Republican, a deal was struck to pass a budget that killed the commonwealth’s participation in RGGI, an initiative that set a cap on emissions and required power plants to purchase “allowances” to release carbon dioxide.
PGH Works Perspective
Our research and reporting on the nexus between RGGI and rising electricity rates has gained national attention. And by taking RGGI off the table, Gov. Shapiro and the PA General Assembly prioritized energy reliability and affordability at a crucial moment for our commonwealth.
