Washington County will receive nearly twice as much this year from Pennsylvania’s impact fee on natural gas production and remained the county that received the most money.
It received $7.807 million in the latest disbursement from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, which distributes midyear the proceeds from the Act 13 fees on natural gas producers. That’s compared to $4.96 million a year ago. The increase is due to the 48% rise in impact fee collection to $243.877 million in 2025 compared with $164.592 million in 2024. Higher prices were among the reasons.
Washington County edged out Susquehanna’s $7.479 million as the top-grossing county. Washington County has the most wells, 2,148 compared to Susquehanna’s 2,085. The top five also included Bradford County ($6.081 million), Greene ($5.495 million) and Lycoming ($4.108 million). Butler County was No. 7 with $2.543 million, according to the PUC. Greene was up from $3.44 million a year ago; Butler was up from $1.61 million.
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