(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced today the distribution of $243,877,400 in natural gas impact fees that were collected from producers for the 2025 reporting year.

This funding benefits the counties, municipalities and state programs that are under Act 13 of 2012. That act established the unconventional gas well fee.

This year’s distribution brings the cumulative total of impact fees that were collected and distributed since 2012 to more than $3.12 billion.