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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2025 - 2026
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 9, 2024 11:05 AM |
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| From: | Representative Peter Schweyer |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Community Solar |
| Last session, we in the People’s House did something truly special. We worked on and passed, in a bi-partisan fashion, a bill that had been in the mix for over a decade. That bill was Community Solar. The idea had been kicked around for years, but through your efforts we were able to produce a product that gives the average consumer the ability to reduce their electric bill while simultaneously strengthening our energy grid. All without placing the financial onus entirely on subscribers, and without burdening non-subscribers one bit. Additionally, and importantly, the construction of these projects would create thousands of family sustaining jobs for years to come. We acted, but the clock ran out. However, the need for reliable, affordable electricity has only grown over the intervening months – and will only continue to do so. Creating a distributed generation market via community solar is a vital tool in Pennsylvania’s all of the above energy strategy. We took a giant leap forward last session, but we still have work to do. With our new session, comes a new opportunity. I will be reintroducing a Community Solar bill. This program will diversify our energy production while creating generational opportunity for families and landowners. I hope you will join me once again in this effort to affect real change in Pennsylvania. |