Base shale gas tax on states’ average, Onorato says

PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEWDemocratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato said Wednesday that Pennsylvania should use a natural gas tax rate that averages those from 20 states, but he declined to say what number he would support…

Matt Pitzarella, spokesman for Range Resources, a Fort Worth energy company with local headquarters in Cecil, said the average among states with substantial drilling in the Marcellus shale formation would be 2 percent to 3 percent for the first four or five years, and probably a little more than 6 percent after that…

Onorato said he doesn’t expect the Legislature to act on a tax by Wednesday, the Senate’s last scheduled session day of the year…  (more)

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