One of Corbett's Go-To Shale Guys, Jim Cawley

Background

Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley is one of Governor Corbett’s point men on energy issues. Cawley heads Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission, which is charged with developing policy recommendations on economic development and regulation of natural gas drilling.

Before being sworn in as LG, Cawley served as a Bucks County Commissioner from 2005 to 2011. He’s a former aide to Republican state Senator Tommy Tomlinson, and counts former Governor Mark Schweiker – another lieutenant governor from southeastern Pennsylvania – as a mentor. Cawley has an undergraduate and law school degree from Temple University.

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August 8, 2011

Cawley Says No To A Severance Tax

A week after Jim Cawley urged energy companies to “fight back” against drilling opponents, the Republican lieutenant governor is heeding his own advice, authoring a strong anti-severance tax op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer. The new and growing natural gas industry – working to develop the Marcellus Shale – is a vibrant industry that is transforming [...]

August 2, 2011

PA Lt. Gov. Tells Gas Industry to ‘Fight Back’

Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley says he’s frustrated by all the nay-sayers who he says spread misinformation about the natural gas industry. Cawley said every day he picks up a newspaper, they’re reporting on water contamination, while ignoring the good news — jobs. There’s a “large scale epidemic of ‘they’re gonna affect our aquifers,’” said Cawley. “It [...]

Marcellus Shale a Boon to Steel Industry

The Wall Street Journal has a piece today about how a depressed steel town in eastern Ohio just got a shot in the arm because of the need for more steel tubing. Marcellus Shale development in Pennsylvania means more pipeline construction and more tubes needed to frack wells. The French steel company, Vallourec & Mannesmann Holdings Inc., is building [...]

July 19, 2011

How Corbett Could Support an Impact Fee Without Angering Norquist

Tim Sloan / AFP/Getty Images ATR president Grover Norquist Governor Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission will recommend an impact fee on gas drillers in its final report, due out Friday. That being the case, Grover Norquist’s group, Americans for Tax Reform, is offering helpful hints on how to implement a levy on energy companies [...]

July 15, 2011

How Friday’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission Vote Will Impact Pennsylvania’s Laws

This much we know: an endorsement of an impact fee on natural gas drillers is among the 96 recommendations Governor Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission approved Friday. The panel’s report will also urge Corbett and lawmakers to revisit the 1961 law governing gas and mineral extraction, in order to possibly include the Marcellus among the [...]

Top 5 Things To Watch For At Today’s Marcellus Commission Meeting

Republican Governor Tom Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission is charged with offering policy suggestions on, as Corbett put it in March,“how we can build around this new industry and how we can make certain we do this while protecting our lands, our drinking water, our air, and our communities, all the while growing our workforce.” [...]

July 13, 2011

Scarnati Aide: “No Conversation” Between Corbett’s Commission and Senate R Leaders

For months, Governor Tom Corbett has been urging the General Assembly to hold off on passing an impact fee and other natural gas drilling legislation until his Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission issues its report. Corbett’s warnings grew gradually stronger, culminating in a veto threat in the final week of budget negotiations. The panel votes on [...]

July 12, 2011

Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission: What Happens Next?

On Friday, Governor Tom Corbett’s 30-member Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission will vote on which policy recommendations it will include in the report it delivers to the governor on July 22. The Scranton Times-Tribune’s Robert Swift takes a look at what will happen at the July 15th meeting, which we’ll liveblog on the StateImpact website: Heading [...]

July 8, 2011

At Talisman Office, Cawley Touts Drilling’s Economic Impact

As part of his duties as chairman of Governor Tom Corbett’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission, Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley has taken several road trips this year, touring drilling-related sites. He led the 30-member Commission on a tour of Lycoming County, and visited the site of the April Chesapeake well spill in Bradford County. Today, Cawley [...]