PA Environment Digest Blog: Friday 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]

House Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 30

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

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

Senate Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 30

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

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Rich Janati at rjanati@pa.gov or 717-787-2480 or Molly Adams, at moadams@pa.gov or (717) 787-2480. (formal notice) [Note: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning on the agenda.]

October 1-- NEW. House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2277 (Otten-D-Chester), the PA Reliable Energy Sustainability Standard (PRESS) is the Governor’s Energy Plan that would diversify energy generation, improve grid reliability, lower consumer costs by avoiding energy price spikes and create energy-related jobs; House Bill 2393 (Friel-D-Chester) setting standards for the storage or land application of food processing residual waste on farms; House Bill 2594 (Friel-D-Chester) providing for the certification of food processing residual waste haulers and brokers. Room 205 Ryan Building. 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here on agenda.

October 1-- NEW. House Republican Policy Committee hearing on PJM’s Electric Capacity Auction, What Needs To Be Done To Prevent Blackouts By 2030. Room 418 Capitol Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read hearing announcement.

October 1-- NEW. House Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee meets to consider House Bill 1541 (Harkins-D-Erie) banning PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in firefighting equipment; House Bill 1571 (Scott-D-Montgomery) require labeling of firefighting equipment containing PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals.’ Room 515 Irvis Building. Call of the Chair. Click Here to watch online.

-- House Committee Meets Oct. 1 To Consider Bill To Diversify Energy Generation, Improve Grid Reliability, Lower Consumer Energy Costs [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: EQT Gas Driller Says Natural Gas Price Spikes Coming Next Year Moving From $2 to $3 Range Up To As High As $9 [PDF of Article] [PA Is 59% Dependent On Gas To Generate Electricity]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: EQT Gas To Begin Reversing Curtailed Production Starting In October [PDF of Article]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Expand Energy Corp New Name For Merged Chesapeake Energy- Southwestern Energy Gas Producers; Will Be Largest In US

-- Utility Dive: PJM Interconnection Market Design Flaws Added Nearly 50% To Latest Capacity Auction Electricity Costs: Market Monitor; PJM To Publish A Response

-- Utility Dive: PJM Rejects Call To Include Reliability Must-Run Power Plants In Its Capacity Auctions That Could Reduce Electricity Costs For Ratepayers

-- Utility Dive: PJM Says ‘Concerns Are Growing’ That PJM Cleared Electric Generation Projects Are Not Being Built; Less Than 2 GW Of Capacity Added Almost All Solar; 37,000+ MW Approved

-- TribLive: Battle Over Proposed Unity Twp. Solar Energy Facility Continues In Westmoreland

-- Scranton Times: Proposed Newton Township Solar Energy Facilities Rejected

-- Inside Climate News: Understanding Rural Opposition To Solar Energy Facilities [New PA Study]

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: RiverWise Solar Energy Initiatives Have Potential To Save Communities, Schools, Municipalities $74 Million Generate 24.6 MW - By Daniel Rossi-Keen, RiverWise

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Oct. 18 Webinar On Solar For Schools Grant Program [PaEN]