In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - April 13

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

-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - April 13 [PaEN]

Energy Costs

-- TribLive: Duquesne Light Asks FERC To Lower PJM Price Cap From $325/MW/Day To The Current Floor Of $175/MW/Day To Save Customers $10/Month 

-- WHYY: Gov. Shapiro Calls PECO ‘s Proposed 12.5% Electric, 11.4% Natural Gas Increase ‘Pure Greed’ 

-- PATownHall.com Guest Essay: PA Manufacturers’ Association Opposes Caps On Price Of Electricity, Energy - Because The Competitive Market Works  [PDF of Article]

-- AP: President Promised To Cut Electric Bills In Half, Bills In Energy-Rich West Virginia Now Top Mortgages 

-- AP: Largest Monthly Jump In Gasoline Prices In 60 Years Lead To Biggest US Monthly Inflation Spike In 4 Years- 3.3% 

-- The Guardian: Oil And Natural Gas Crisis From US President’s War On Iran Worse Than 1973, 1979 And 2022 Together, Says IEA

-- Reuters: US EIA: Record Electricity Use As A.I. Data Centers Surge; Increase In Renewables, Drop In Natural Gas, Coal Generation; Increasing Price Of Natural Gas 

-- US EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook As Of April 7

Generation

-- Utility Dive: Pennsylvania DEP Seeks Potential Fast-Track Energy Storage, Generation Projects In Response To PJM Expedited Interconnection Track

-- Bloomberg: PJM Interconnection Announces Emergency Proposal Seeking 15 Gigawatts Of New Power Supplies To Address Potential Shortages Caused By A.I. Data Center Demand  [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Mid-Atlantic (Pennsylvania), Southern Regions For April 14-15  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Publishes Proposed Rule Regulating Electric Distributed Energy, Aggregation Resources, Virtual Power Plant Participation In Wholesale Energy Markets  [PaEN]

-- The Citizens’ Voice: Hunlock Creek 146-MW Natural Gas Power Plant Expresses Interest In Building A.I. Data Center In Hunlock Twp., Luzerne County

-- Ohio Capital Journal: More Natural Gas Generation Coming To Ohio To Feed A.I. Data Centers [But Will Not Increase Generation Diversity To Avoid Price Spikes For ‘Ordinary People’]

-- Utility Dive: Supply Crunch For Natural Gas Power Plant Turbines Set To Raise Prices 195% By 2027; 5 Year Wait For Large Turbines, Report

Grid

-- PUC Raises Cost, Other Concerns With Proposed 222 Mile Kammer Juniata Electric Transmission Line Project Going Through 10 PA Counties [To Help Feed A.I. Data Center Demands In Eastern PA]  [PaEN] 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PUC Oppose Kammer Juniata Transmission Line Project Over Cost Recovery Terms

-- Scranton Times: PPL Open House Now April 21 On Proposed Power Line/Substation Projects To Serve Proposed A.I. Data Center Projects In Archbald Boro

-- Williamsport Sun: Panelists Compare Coming A.I. Data Centers To What Shale Gas Did To The Region; ‘This Isn’t Something That You Stop’ Said PPL President ‘It’s Something You Are Responsible With’ [PDF of Article] 

Legislation

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: PA A.I. Data Centers: How State Lawmakers Are Responding, From Electricity  And Water Use To Proposing More Tax Breaks

-- The Center Square: As State Lawmakers Mull Bills, PA Community Pushback On A.I. Data Centers Is Widespread

-- House Energy Committee To Meet April 13 To Consider GeoThermal Energy, Advanced Transmission Line Technology, PA Energy Development Authority Bills; Sets April 14 Hearing On Net Metering  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive: I-80 Widening Project, Data Centers Threatening PA Wetlands Rep. Probst Says, Bill Seeks New Protections

-- Powering PA Forward: Broad Coalition Forms To Champion Smart Energy Policies, Protect PA Jobs And Economic Growth [PaEN]

-- Wall Street Journal: These Cities And States Are Taking Aim At A.I. Data Centers Over Concerns Of Rising Electricity Demand, Environmental Impact

Land Use

-- The Center Square: Non-Disclosure Agreements With Local Officials On A.I. Data Centers Spur Talk Of ‘Secret Deals’ 

-- Scranton Times: Municipalities To Hold 5 A.I. Data Center Meetings, Hearings This Month: Archbald Boro, Olyphant Boro, Fell, Greenfield And Scott Townships

-- Scranton Times: Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center New York Developer Launches Campaign Touting Finances, Questioning Opponents Of The Project To Build 12 Data Centers Using 3.3 Million Gallons Of Water/Day, 1.6 GW Of Electricity  [PDF of Article]

-- Scranton Times: Firm Tied To Project Gold A.I. Data Center Campus Buys 200+ Acres In Covington Township

-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: Old-School ‘Data Centers’ Don’t Pollute; Stop Archbald Data Centers Holds Public Meeting In A Library

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Luzerne County Planning Commission Continues A.I. Data Center Zoning Discussion 

-- The Citizens’ Voice: Butler Twp. Prepares A.I. Data Center Rules In Luzerne County, May 12 Hearing 

-- The Citizens’ Voice: Hunlock Creek 146-MW Natural Gas Power Plant Expresses Interest In Building A.I. Data Center In Hunlock Twp., Luzerne County

-- Morning Call: Lower Mount Bethel Residents Raise Concerns About A.I. Data Center Proposal At Town Hall In Northampton County: ‘We Don’t Want It’ 

-- Morning Call Letter: Lehigh Valley A.I. Data Center Proposal A Disaster Waiting To Happen - By Gwen Dietrich, Lynn Township

-- Inquirer: East Vincent Twp. Planning Commission Has Again Recommended The Rejection Of Proposed A.I. Data Center For Former PennHurst Hospital Site In Chester County  

-- PennLive - John Beauge: Developer Of 4 Proposed A.I. Data Centers In Union County Renews Transparency Pledge 

-- TribLive: Upper Burrell TECFusions A.I. Data Center Town Hall Scheduled For May 5 In Westmoreland County

-- Observer-Reporter: Cecil Twp. Supervisors Discuss A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Washington County

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: With A.I. Pittsburgh Must Not Become A ‘Digital Rust Belt’ With Cutting-Edge Physical Infrastructure, But With Few Economic And Social Benefits For People Who Call Three Rivers Home - By Nishant Sahdev, University of North Carolina 

Public Participation

-- DEP To Hold May 12 Hearing On Individual Stormwater Permit For The 5.8 Mile HCPP 30-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Serving The 4.5 GW Homer City A.I. Data Center Power Plant In Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Plan Approval To Reactivate Engines, Oil-Fired Boilers, Cooling Towers At Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant In Dauphin County  [PaEN] 

-- York Daily Record: Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant Wants To Draw More Water From Susquehanna River For Its Restart 

-- DEP: A.I. Data Center Developer Edged Energy Submits Notice Of Intent To Remediate Site In South Whitehall Twp., Lehigh County  [PaEN] 

-- Scranton Times: PPL Open House Now April 21 On Proposed Power Line/Substation Projects To Serve Proposed A.I. Data Center Projects In Archbald Boro

-- PUC Publishes Proposed Rule Regulating Electric Distributed Energy, Aggregation Resources, Virtual Power Plant Participation In Wholesale Energy Markets  [PaEN]

-- PUC Sets July 7 Hearings On Greater Hazleton CAN DO Request To Supply 350,000 Gallons Of Recycled Water/Day To A Proposed A.I. Data Center Campus In The Humboldt Industrial Park, Luzerne County  [PaEN]

     -- The Shenandoah Sentinel: Hearings Set As PUC Considers Request To Provide Water Service To Hazleton Area A.I. Data Centers

A.I. Policy

-- Wall Street Journal: A.I. Giants Go On Charm Offensive To Avert Public Backlash

[Posted: April 12, 2026]  PA Environment Digest