Our energy team heads up to Happy Valley this week to monitor the big doings of  Penn State and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC), the tag-team duo that will co-present the Pennsylvania Natural Gas Summit: Planning for Progress — Infrastructure and Water in the Marcellus Shale.

The conference is being held at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College, Pennsylvania and is drawing big crowds.  The issue of frac water treatment has bubbled to the surface again, and how the DEP and other regulatory agencies deal with this contentious issue will have a direct and lasting impact on all the would-be drillers and prospectors.  In addition, the summit will provide a forum to discuss and identify infrastructure, local government, legal and business issues, and impacts related to Marcellus Shale development in communities and regions.

We’ll have a full report later this week!