Bill
HB 522
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.
2025-2026 Regular Session
Introduced by José Giral and 12 co-sponsors
Pennsylvania authorizes leasing Lake Erie submerged lands to private developers for utility-scale offshore wind, solar, and kinetic energy facilities, collecting lease fees into a dedicated state fund.
Referred to Environmental & Natural Resource Protection