In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles & NewClips From Last Week - September 29

Here are Articles and NewsClips on A.I. and data center issues from last week you may have missed--

PJM Changes

-- Gov. Shapiro: PJM Electric Grid Operator Is 'Not Working Anymore,' 'I Won't Stand For A Status Quo That Perpetuates Slowdowns And Rising Costs’  [PaEN]

-- Shapiro Administration: PJM Regional Electric Grid Operator Passed Over Qualified Candidates Suggested By A Bipartisan Coalition Of Governors To Fill Vacant Board Seats  [PaEN]  

-- Utility Dive: PJM Grid Operator Says States Must Address Electricity Generation Deficit Issues; Siting, Permit Reform Needed To Overcome ‘Hostile’ Opposition 

-- Post-Gazette: Gov. Shapiro Pummels PJM Regional Grid Operator In Call For Reforms

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Pennsylvania Leaving PJM Regional Electricity Grid Is Still On The Table, Shapiro Says

-- Bloomberg: Pennsylvania Threatens To Go ‘Own Way’ If PJM Regional Electric Grid Operator Won’t Change 

-- Inside Climate News: PA Governor Threatens To Pull Largest Power Producer Out Of PJM Regional Power Grid Citing Need For ‘Significant Reform’

-- The Center Square: Shapiro: States In PJM Need More Power In PJM Regional Grid Management

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Gov. Shapiro Said Electric Grid Operator PJM Needs Reform To Put Consumers First 

-- Republican Sen. Yaw Issues Statement On Shapiro’s Changing PJM Summit [Yaw Has A Strong Record Of Holding Hearings On This Issue]

-- Republican Sen. Martin Calls For Accountability From Gov. Shapiro On Energy Policy [Criticizes Shapiro For RGGI Program That Never Went Into Effect]

Electricity Prices

-- Inside Climate News: Shale Gas Was Supposed To Lower PA Electric Bills, Instead They’re Higher Than Ever And About To Get Worse [Due To LNG Gas Exports, A.I. Data Center Demand] 

-- SpotlightPA/Inside Climate News: The Natural Gas Boom In PA Was Supposed To Lower Energy Bills Here, Why Didn’t That Happen?

-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News: Shale Gas Was Supposed To Lower Pennsylvanians’ Electric Bills, Instead, They’re About To Get Worse

-- Inside Climate News: Natural Gas Was Pitched As A Stopgap Between Other Fossil Fuels And Renewables, Instead It Has Derailed Pennsylvania’s Transition To Clean Energy

-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: PJM Grid Operator Eyes Reliability Amid A.I. Data Center Boom, But Advocates Say Cost Concerns Remain

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Your Electric Bill Is Subsidizing Big Tech’s A.I. Data Center Dreams - By Rep. Mandy Steele (D-Allegheny), Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes The Sun, Joe Morinville, EIS Solar 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Politicians Should Keep Their Hands Off PJM Power Grid - By Todd Snitchler, Electric Power Generators. [High Prices Are ‘Essential Market Signals’] 

-- Bloomberg: Spiraling Power Costs Are Now A Major Political Issue In The US [Gov. Shapiro]

Legislative Action

-- PA House Energy Committee Sets Hearings On Regulating A.I. Data Centers, Warehouse Solar, Electric School Buses, Small Modular Nuclear Reactors  [PaEN]  

-- The Center Square: Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Speak Out Against Governor’s Proposed RESET Energy Siting Bill To Override Local Land Use Controls  [House Bill 502] 

-- The Derrick: PA Assn. Of Township Supervisors Briefs Clarion County Leaders On Its Opposition To HB 502 RESET Energy Facility Siting Legislation  [PDF of Article]

-- The Derrick: PA Assn. Of Township Supervisors Updates Venango County Townships On Its Opposition To House Bill 502 Overriding Local Land Use Controls On Energy Facility Siting  [PDF of Article] 

Land Use

-- TribLive: Everything We Know About The Proposed Springdale A.I. Data Center In Allegheny County; Energy Use, Property Value Unclear

-- TribLive: Springdale Boro To Resume A.I. Data Center Conversation This Week In Allegheny County

-- TribLive: Springdale Planning Commission Holds Off A.I. Data Center Decision In Allegheny County 

-- TribLive: Springdale Residents Remain Skeptical Of A.I. Data Center Plan In Allegheny County

-- The Allegheny Front: From Coal Plant To A.I. Data Center - An Allegheny County Community Voices Concern In Springdale 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: $10 Billion+ Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus, 4.5 GW Power Plant Moves Forward In Indiana County  [PDF of Article]

-- Standard Speaker: PPL Proposes Carbon County Power Line To Feed Another A.I. Data Center  [PDF of Article] 

-- Citizens Voice: PPL Receives PUC Approval For Power Lines To Serve Amazon A.I. Data Center At Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant In Luzerne County 

-- PennLive: Hampden Township, Feeling Heat From Residents, Presses Pause On A.I. Data Centers In Cumberland County 

-- Food & Water Watch: Hampden Township Rejected Ordinance Allowing A.I. Data Centers Near Community Spaces In Cumberland County

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Lancaster City Planning Commission Cancels Oct. 1 Hearing On A.I. Data Center Decisions After Lancaster Mayor, Zoning Officer Decline Invitations To Testify; Still On The Agenda

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Lancaster City A.I. Data Center Water Allotment To Be 80% Less Than Former Printing Plants

-- Constellation Energy: One Year Later, Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Undamaged Reactor To Power Microsoft A.I. Data Centers Remains Ahead Of Schedule 

-- ABC72: Restarting Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Undamaged Reactor Remains Ahead Of Schedule To Power Microsoft A.I. Data Centers

A.I Policy

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: A.I. Can Make Pennsylvania The Keystone State Again, But Probably Won’t - By Guy Ciarrocchi, Commonwealth Foundation

-- Wall Street Journal: Spending On A.I. Data Centers At Epic Levels - Echoes Of Dot-Com Bubble  [PDF of Article]  

-- WPXI: A.I. Photo Of Fire At Norwin High School Circulated On Social Media Friday Prompts Panic In Westmoreland County 

-- TribLive: PennWest, IUP Partner With Google To Expand A.I. Training

[Posted: September 28, 2025]   PA Environment Digest