CEA Mid-Atlantic

As a resurgent manufacturing hub and new energy producing region, the Mid-Atlantic is a key chapter for CEA. We work to get consumers, manufacturing interests, labor, and small businesses engaged in the ever-growing discussion on energy in states like Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia.

American oil refinery

‘Keep it in the Ground’: Not the Energy Plan We Need

CEA President David Holt was featured in RealClear Energy discussing how consumers have benefited from American energy production. America’s energy revolution has resulted in record-low...
Pipeline welder

Supreme Court Clears Way for Gas Expansion to East Coast

CEA's David Holt commented on today's U.S. Supreme Court's 7-2 decision throwing out a 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling that blocked the...
Mother and son saving money in a piggybank

How Maryland Consumers Benefit from the Independence Energy Connection

CEA's Mike Butler explains why families in Maryland pay $181.55 more for electricity annually than the national average. These higher costs hit families and...
New York City

New York Mayor’s Copy-Cat Natural Gas Plan a Recipe for Higher Energy Costs, Unreliable...

Albany, NY - Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), the nation’s leading consumer advocate in support of sensible energy and environmental policy, released the following statement...
Family Preparing Food on Natural Gas Stove

US West, Midwest Lead Renewed Push to Prohibit Local Gas Bans in Buildings

Protecting consumers' access to natural gas for home heating and cooking is seeing renewed interest in legislative bodies across the United States.  Consumer Energy...
Pennsylvania Farm

The Greatest Story Pennsylvanians Were Never Told

CEA’s Mike Butler examines the environmental improvements that have been made across Pennsylvania thanks to natural gas, nuclear energy, conservation, efficiency, and an increase...
Pennsylvania Farm

Don’t Penalize Shale Gas Drillers

Mike Butler, CEA Mid-Atlantic Executive Director, reviews the benefits shale gas has brought to residents across Pennsylvania. Any suggestion that the shale gas industry is...
Family Outside in a Field

Trump Drilling Plan Faces Backlash

CEA's David Holt recently spoke with The Hill on the importance of creating a dialogue around offshore energy exploration so elected officials and policymakers can...
Construction worker and backhoe

Ripple Effects of Targeting a Single Industry Hit the Entire Economy

With the stroke of a pen, thousands of union construction jobs modernizing our nation's energy transmission system were eliminated.  CEA's David Holt looks at...
Pipeline and shutoff valves

Consider Existing Line for Gas

CEA's Michael Whatley discusses the importance of maintaining and upgrading existing pipeline infrastructure to benefit household consumers of natural gas. New York state has experienced...