PA Environment Digest Blog: Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]

Senate Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

House Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 23, 24, 25, 30

-- October 1, 2, 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

August 1-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds Aug. 1 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Requests For Amazon Data Center, Luzerne County; 8 Shale Gas Development, Gas Power Plant Withdrawals

August 1-- In-Person. Stroud Water Research Center Special Lecture By Dr. Bern Sweeney Celebrating Dr. Ruth Patrick And Her Conestoga River Study. Thaddeus Stevens College Of Technology, Lancaster. 6:00 p.m.

August 1-- Protect PT Hosts Training Session On Using Its App To Report Problems At Oil & Gas Infrastructure Sites. Protect PT Community Environmental Education Center, 3344 Route 130 Ste B, Harrison City. 7:00 p.m.

August 15-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.

-- PJM Electricity Auction Price 9 Times Higher Than Previous Auction-- $269.92/MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day In 2024-25; Extreme Weather Risk Big Factor [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: PJM Interconnection Auction Results In Record Wholesale Electric Price Increases

-- S&P Global: PJM Power Capacity Auction Clears At Record High Price Of $269.92/MW-Day For Most Of Footprint

-- Reuters: PJM Power Auction Results Yield Sharply Higher Prices

-- Bloomberg: Almost 20% Of Americans Face Prospect Of Higher Energy Bills

-- DEP Awards $15+ Million In PA Electric Grid Resilience Grants To Prevent, Shorten Power Outages In Rural Electric Systems; Fall Grant Round Planned [PaEN]

-- DEP Awards $2.3 Million To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments Switching To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Now Accepting Applications [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center, Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn., Partners Host Aug. 14 Webinar To Get Eligible Schools Ready To Apply For The New PA Solar For Schools Grants [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: USDA Sends $1.45 Million To PA For Energy Clean Projects

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Federal Rules Frustrate, Delay State’s Clean Energy Manufacturing

-- WHYY: Climate Activists Want A Seat At The Table On Philadelphia Gas Works Budget; City Has A Proposal To Prevent That

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: PA Supreme Court Should Reverse Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ‘Tax’ Decision