September 18, 2023 – Express Update

The Pennsylvania Petroleum Association is excited to announce that Senator Gene Yaw will be a guest speaker at the October 10th Membership Luncheon taking place during upcoming Fall Energy Conference & Annual Meeting! Senator Yaw is the current Chairman of the Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee. Join us in Hershey to hear from Senator Yaw on […]

NACS is anticipating a vote on the Credit Card Competition Act may happen this week and calls all industry advocates to urge their Senators to vote in favor of the bill. The sponsors of the legislation, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS), are advocating for the bill to be considered as an amendment […]

The Pennsylvania State Senate will be returning to session this week, after essentially being on summer recess since late June (except for one day in August to pass state budget related bills). The House is scheduled to return the week of September 25. This return will follow a Special Election on Tuesday (September 19) being […]

PPA recently signed onto a letter sent to the US EPA Administrator this past week opposing that agency’s proposal to lower allowable levels of PM 2.5 (particulate matter) standards under the federal Clean Air Act. Such a move would likely put several parts of Pennsylvania into non-attainment status. This means the state would ultimately be […]

On September 14th, the US House of Representatives approved the “Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act” (H.R. 1435) to protect Americans’ freedom of choice when purchasing vehicles. The bill passed on a bipartisan vote of 222 – 190. Eight democrats supported the bill: Representatives Caraveo (CO), Costa (CA), Cuellar (TX), Davis (NC), Golden (ME), Higgins […]

On September 14 a joint industry letter was sent to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development asking them to reconsider closing the 1-million-barrel Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve (NGSR) in the FY 2024 spending bill. The Department of Energy (DOE) created the NGSR in 2012 following Superstorm Sandy’s catastrophic damage to refineries and […]

The NFPA membership at the Technical Meeting in June approved an amendment submitted by National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) that deleted the EV charging requirements proposed by the NFPA 30A Technical Committee. Under the NFPA standards development process, the NFPA 30A Technical Committee is required to determine whether to accept or reject the amended text […]