Corbett appoints Walker of PA. Coal Assoc.

Governor-elect Tom Corbett this week nominated C. Alan Walker of Clearfield County to head the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Walker is the President of Bradford Energy Company, and past president of the Pennsylvania Coal Association. We will stay tuned to find out what this appointment means to the future of Pennsylvania's growing clean energy economy and the more than 100,000 jobs in the thriving clean energy sector.

Will PA lose solar jobs?

It is amazing to think that PA is Second only to California in solar jobs, with our conservative .05 percent solar share of our renewable energy portfolio (we have 6700 jobs, California has 36,000). Already, though, we are making more solar energy than utilities are required to purchase, and if the "solar share" is not increased, these green jobs will go away.