{"id":272699,"date":"2026-08-26T17:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/272699\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T17:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T17:52:14","slug":"public-hearing-on-securing-pennsylvanias-energy-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/272699\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Hearing on Securing Pennsylvania\u2019s Energy Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 26, 2026<\/p>\n<p>WHAT:\u00a0 \u00a0House Republican Policy Committee Chairman David H. Rowe (R-Snyder\/Union\/Mifflin\/Juniata), Rep. Andrea Verobish (R-Blair), and other lawmakers will host a hearing titled \u201cKeeping Pennsylvania Moving: Addressing the Rising Cost of Energy\u201d to examine how rising electricity and fuel costs affect Pennsylvania businesses, workers, and consumers.<\/p>\n<p>WHO:\u00a0 \u00a0Testifiers will include Bill Ward Jr., president\/CEO, Ward Transport and Logistics; Richard Weyant, facilities maintenance manager, Shirley&#8217;s Cookie Company; and Stephanie Catarino Wissman, executive director, API Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>WHEN:\u00a0 \u00a0Thursday, Aug. 27, at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>WHERE:\u00a0 \u00a0Ward Transport and Logistics Corp., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/1436+Ward+Trucking+Dr,+Altoona,+PA+16602\/@40.5341283,-78.3747898,829m\/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x89cb8df785557f3f:0x60a42e6ef713ebf8!8m2!3d40.5341283!4d-78.3722149!16s%2Fg%2F11c0zl6t05?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDgyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1436 Ward Trucking Drive, Altoona, PA 16602<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LIVESTREAM:\u00a0 Barring any technical difficulties, the hearing will be streamed online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.policycommittee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">policycommittee.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Media contact:\u00a0 Nancy Nilson, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pahousegop.com\/News\/38587\/Latest-News\/mailto:nnilson@pahousegop.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nnilson@pahousegop.com<\/a><br \/>&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 26, 2026 WHAT:\u00a0 \u00a0House Republican Policy Committee Chairman David H. Rowe (R-Snyder\/Union\/Mifflin\/Juniata), Rep. Andrea Verobish (R-Blair), and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-272699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}