Directing the Joint State Government Commission, along with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Department of Community and Economic Development and the Department of Environmental Protection, to conduct an assessment and develop recommendations with the intention of establishing a comprehensive State energy strategy for this Commonwealth.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on the projected costs in Pennsylvania of climate change adaptation and resilience measures needed to mitigate the projected impacts of certain climate-change-related events.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on the feasibility of using geothermal energy technologies that utilize abandoned mining locations and operations in this Commonwealth and issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the House of Representatives.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on the economic costs of flooding on residential homes and businesses in this Commonwealth.
Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on the feasibility of constructing geothermal systems in densely populated locations of this Commonwealth and to issue a report of its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly.