Pennsylvania House Bill 522

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-05 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION
Pending: House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of General Services to lease certain submerged lands within Erie County and associated wind, water and solar resources for the assessment, development, construction and operation of utility scale offshore wind, solar or kinetic energy generation facilities; providing for collection of certain lease and royalty payments; establishing the Lake Erie Large-Scale Energy System Development Fund; and providing for distributions and transfers from the fund.

Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Department of General Services to lease certain submerged lands within Erie County and associated wind, water and solar resources for the assessment, development, construction and operation of utility scale offshore wind, solar or kinetic energy generation facilities; providing for collection of certain lease and royalty payments; establishing the Lake Erie Large-Scale Energy System Development Fund; and providing for distributions and transfers from the fund.

Rep. Robert Merski [D]	Rep. Ben Sanchez [D]	Rep. Carol Hill-Evans [D]	Rep. Christopher Pielli [D]
Rep. Joseph Hohenstein [D]	Rep. Tarik Khan [D]	Rep. Patrick Harkins [D]	Rep. Danielle Otten [D]
Rep. Joseph Webster [D]	Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta [D]	Rep. Benjamin Waxman [D]	Rep. Jose Giral [D]
Rep. Maureen Madden [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-05	House	Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE PROTECTION

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2025&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=522
Text	https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2025&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0522&pn=0515