by Christen Smith, The Center Square | May 13, 2021 04:00 PM Print this article Some Pennsylvania lawmakers said Tuesday the state should advance legislation that prevents local officials from enacting policies that limit energy choices. Sen. Gene Yaw, R-Williamsport, said he sponsored Senate Bill 275 in response to a growing national trend of local officials discriminating against utility connections based on the source of the energy provided. He also pushed back against the insinuation that fossil fuel advocates pushed for the bill, noting that clean energy lobbyists exist, too. “We didn’t just pull this out of the air,” he said. "Constituents came to us and said this is a problem. This has already taken roots elsewhere nationally.”