Shapiro’s announcement comes amid an energy crunch that threatens to raise electricity bills across in the nation’s second-biggest natural gas-producing state.
Pennsylvania state and local officials are scrambling after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered a temporary pause on federal financial assistance, a halt that could disrupt trillions of dollars nationally.
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Governor Josh Shapiro and PJM Interconnection Reach Deal to Save Consumers Billions
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Shapiro reaches deal with PJM to limit electricity price hikes for Pennsylvania consumers
Deal reached to avoid ‘historic’ PJM electricity price hikes
Josh Shapiro has reached an agreement with PJM Interconnection over a lawsuit concerning potential “significant” electricity price increases in the 13-state territory. Shapiro filed a lawsuit with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) against PJM in December,
Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday said that the state's access to Medicaid and Head Start had been restored as of Tuesday night after the services were interrupted amid an announced freeze on federal funds by the Trump administration.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's access to federal payment systems for Medicaid and Head Start were restored late Tuesday, hours after they were shut off following the White House said it had put a freeze on funding of a wide range of government programs.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro addresses federal grant and loan freeze, calling it 'reckless'The freeze is already impacting some services. The governor says portals for Medicaid, CareerLink and Head Start are down in Pennsylvania and other states.
Governor Josh Shapiro reached an agreement with PJM on a plan to save consumers over $21 billion more than the next two years.
Shapiro’s term so far has come with challenges, as one of few governors in the country with a GOP-controlled Senate and a narrow Democratic majority in the state House.
The price cap is a short term solution. Experts say getting more electric supply plugged into the grid is required to keep electric bills low.
The organization that oversees the region’s electrical grid has agreed to a new cap on certain power price hikes, following a threat from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to consider pulling out of the system.
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Gov. Josh Shapiro: Disruption of federal funding was not productive"They were very purposeful in trying to wreak havoc on our communities and stop these federal dollars from flowing to our states," the governor said.
Josh Shapiro, who uses his “get shit done” script to grab big-screen attention while behind the scenes, his indecisiveness and ineffectiveness as chief executive are putting jobs and opportunity at risk.
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