Pa. House committee passes framework for Lake Erie wind energy industry • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Legislation that would establish a framework for Pennsylvania to develop a wind energy industry off its Lake Erie coast cleared an early hurdle in the Pennsylvania General Assembly on Tuesday. House Bill 254 would allow the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to lease tracts of lakebed beneath the surface of Lake Erie for companies to develop grid scale wind turbine electricity generation projects. The bill passed out of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee in a vote along party lines, with Republican lawmakers in opposition. Its advancement to the...