PA Environment Digest Blog: Senate Consumer Protection Committee Hearing On SB 510 Nuclear Power Bill April 10

The Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee will hold a hearing April 10 on Senate Bill 510 (Aument-R-Lancaster) adding nuclear power plants to the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards to provide financial support to the industry.

This is the Senate version of House Bill 11 (Mehaffie-R-Dauphin) that was the subject of the first of 4 hearings by the House Consumer Affairs Committee on April 8.

The hearing will be held in Hearing Room 1 of the North Office Building starting at 1:30. Click Here to watch the hearing live.

Sen. Tommy Tomlinson (R-Bucks) serves as Majority Chair of the Consumer Protection Committee and can be contacted by calling 717-787-5072 or sending email to: rtomlinson@pasen.gov. Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-Lehigh) serves as Minority Chair and can be contacted by calling 717-787-4236 or sending email to: boscola@pasenate.com.

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