The title of Pennsylvania's newly released Energy Plan says
it all: "Energy = Jobs." Pennsylvania's Energy Plan unabashedly embraces an "all
of the above and below" energy policy as the key to making not
only Pennsylvania more attractive and competitive, but also to
making the United States more energy secure.
Pennsylvania's Plan promotes the vision of energy source
diversity and leverages that into economic growth opportunity,
along with various other factors. Here is an excerpt from the
Plan:
Simply put, energy equals jobs. For any business, energy costs
are a critical operating expense. Pennsylvania's abundant
natural resources and competitive energy markets are an advantage
in today's global economy where every dollar matters.
Significant growth markets are nearby as Pennsylvania lies within a
day's drive of 60% of North America's population. To help
capture these markets, Pennsylvania's diverse and abundant
resources offer nearly endless opportunity due to
