Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Secretary Dr. Khalid N. Mumin was recently joined by Commissioner Kathryn Zerfuss from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), in a tour of the Cumberland Perry Area Career and Technical Center (CPACTC) to highlight the importance of Career and Technical Education (CTE) in Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission oversees more than 9,000 entities which provide utility services across the Commonwealth. Those utilities and suppliers will need plant operators and technicians, industrial mechanics, engineers, line workers, electricians, solar developers, energy analysts, and economists as the Commonwealth moves through an energy transition that will bring systematic change.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission balances the needs of consumers and utilities; ensures safe and reliable utility service at reasonable rates; protects the public interest; educates consumers to make independent and informed utility choices; furthers economic development; and fosters new technologies and competitive markets in an environmentally sound manner.

The 2023-24 commonsense, bipartisan budget makes a historic investment in students across the Commonwealth and includes $23.5 million to bring career and technical education back into the classroom, giving every student the freedom to chart their own course and the opportunity to succeed.

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