Energy Cost
-- WTAE: Residents, Businesses Voice Concern As Energy Costs Spike Throughout Pennsylvania
-- PUC Consumer Reminder: Summer Electric Price Changes Begin June 1
-- PUC Approves 4.9% PPL Electric Rate Increase Settlement, Measures To Assess Costs For Data Centers, Modifies Agreement Related To Agricultural Biogas [PaEN]
-- Morning Call: PPL Electric Bills To Rise Again After Rate Hike Approved By PUC Under Settlement
-- WPXI: Peoples Natural Gas Customers In Western PA Push Back On 13.8% Rate Hike Calling It ‘Blatant Theft’
-- Sen. Lindsey Williams Urges Peoples Gas To Withdraw Proposed 13.8% Natural Gas Rate Increase
-- PUC Reminds Consumers Of Hearings In Westmoreland County On Proposed 13.8% Peoples Natural Gas Rate Increase
Grid
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For June 5-6 In Mid-Atlantic, Southern Regions, 2nd Alert In 16 Days [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: New Line Rating System Showed Duquesne Light Could Increase Transmission Line Capacity By 25%
-- Tribune-Democrat: Utility Battery Storage Considered In PA House Committee To Strengthen Electric Grid
-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Committee Hears Utility Battery Storage Would Ease Stress On PA’s Power Grid
-- Senate DEP Budget Hearing: How Energy Storage Can Add Capacity To The Grid [PaEN]
-- Bloomberg: A.I. Data Center Boom Risks Breakup Of PJM Interconnection As Utility Bills Soar, Slow Connections To Grid
-- Bloomberg: The Race To Rethink A.I. Data Center Energy Use From Ground Up
Generation
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves Constellation Energy Water Withdrawal Requests For Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant Restart; 1 Shale Gas Drilling Withdrawal [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: PA Members Of Congress Ask FERC How They Are Overseeing Power Demands From A.I. Data Centers
-- Utility Dive: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Grants Waiver To Constellation Energy To Allow Faster Grid Connection For Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant By Transferring Eddystone Connection Rights [Over Objections Of PJM Market Monitor]
-- Utility Dive: Electric Generators Need More Reliable Natural Gas Supply To Protect Grid Reliability During Extreme Weather Events
-- Utility Dive: Google To Fund 100 MW Virtual Power Plant In PJM In ‘First-Of-Its-Kind’ Deal Locking Up Power From Existing Distributed Sources For Its A.I. Data Centers [PA Does Not Authorize VPP]
-- Bloomberg: The Race To Rethink A.I. Data Center Energy Use From Ground Up
Governor’s Race
-- WESA: PA A.I. Data Center Pause? GRID Standards? Garrity, Shapiro Stake Out Positions
-- WGAL: PA A.I. Data Center Projects Fuel Debate In Governor’s Race
-- Scranton Times: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Garrity Pushes A.I. Data Center ‘Pause’ During Wilkes-Barre Twp. Event
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Gubernatorial Candidate Garrity Holds A.I. Data Center Roundtable Discussion In Wilkes-Barre Twp.
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Why Some Of PA’s Biggest A.I. Data Center Projects Won’t Have To Follow Governor’s GRID Rules [GRID Proposal Requires Legislation To Pass]
-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Pitches A.I. Data Center Incentives, Not Regulations, As Budget Deadline Approaches
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: Shapiro Is ‘Patient Zero’ Of A.I. Data Center Virus; State Treasurer Garrity Has Decided To At Least Appear To Take The Medicine [PDF of Article]
-- BroadAndLiberty.com Editorial: Pennsylvania Should Lead, Not Obstruct On A.I. Data Centers; Garrity’s ‘Pause,’ Not A Moratorium Is Right Approach
Legislation
-- The Center Square: Bipartisan Desire To Tap Brakes On A.I. Data Center Development Grows In General Assembly
-- Republican Sen. Rosemary Brown Continues Push For A.I. Data Center Moratorium, Says Governor’s Proposal Falls Short
-- PA Capital-Star: Sen. Muth To Introduce Bill To Prevent A.I. Data Centers From Becoming Public Utilities With Ability To Condemn Private Property
-- Republicans Reps. Williams, Topper Push Bring Your Own Generation, Pay Your Own Way, Longer Term Power Contracts
-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Committee Hears Utility Battery Storage Would Ease Stress On PA’s Power Grid
-- Tribune-Democrat: Utility Battery Storage Considered In PA House Committee To Strengthen Electric Grid
-- Senate DEP Budget Hearing: How Energy Storage Can Add Capacity To The Grid [PaEN]
Public Participation/Meetings
-- PA Data Center Hearings & Meetings - Physicians For Social Responsibility PA
Land Use
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Commissioner Calls For Countywide Study Of A.I. Data Center Health Impacts
-- Scranton Times: Jessup Boro OKs Preliminary A.I. Data Center Plans Adjacent To Natural Gas Power Plant: ‘No Reason To Panic’
-- Scranton Times: Valley View School District Fights 18 A.I. Data Center Campus In Archbald, 4th Challenge To Data Center Proposals [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: Can Neighbors Challenge A.I. Data Center Plans In A Town Where They Don’t Live?; Resident Argues For Right To Intervene Against A Ransome Twp. Proposal [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: Dickson City Hearing On Bell Mountain A.I. Data Center 3 Gas Power Plants Rescheduled To June 10
-- Scranton Times: Mayor: 28-Acre Solar Energy Facility In Mayfield Not For A.I. Data Centers
-- PennLive - John Beauge: A.I. Data Center Campus Developer In Gregg Twp., Union County Says It Hears Residents’ Concerns
-- The Daily Item: Grassroots Groups Lead A.I. Data Center Pushback In Montour, Union Counties
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Climate Plan Draws Questions About A.I. Data Centers, Environmental Justice
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Demolition, Earth Moving Complete At Site Of 4.5 GW Natural Gas Power Plant Dedicated To Feeding 3,200 Acre Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus In Indiana County
-- Observer-Reporter: A.I. Data Center Town Hall Draws Large Crowd In Fayette County
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Fayette County Session Talks Pros, Cons Of A.I. Data Centers [No Data Centers Proposed… Yet]
-- WPXI: Residents Looking For Answers At Meeting About Plans For Possible A.I. Data Center In Beaver County
-- Post-Gazette: Tensions High In Beaver County Over Plans For A.I. Data Center At Former Pitt Race Site; Hundreds Turn Up At Town Hall Meeting
-- TribLive: Community Opposition, Local Regulation Of A.I. Data Centers Coming Together In Upper Burrell, Westmoreland County
-- Morning Call: Allentown Environmental Advisory Council Hears Concerns Over Proposed A.I. Data Center
-- Morning Call: Allentown Council Delays Vote On A.I. Data Center Ordinance After Critics Say It’s Too Lenient
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Commissioners Eye Coal Lands For A.I. Data Centers As Residents Plead For Protection
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: A.I. Data Center Developers Dangle Millions In Perks In Front Of Middlesex Twp. In Cumberland County [Community Benefit Agreement]
Opposition
-- The Intercept: Philadelphia Police Admit They Are Tracking ‘First Amendment Activity’ Critical Of A.I. Data Centers
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: The Citizen Revolt Against A.I. Data Centers Comes To Columbia; Elected Officials Ought To Take Heed
-- Lesson For People With Concerns About A.I. Data Centers: Watch This 2010 WQED Report On Shale Gas Industry In PA; We Still Have These Same Impacts Today; Protect Yourself From The Beginning
-- Wall Street Journal: America’s A.I. Data Center Build-Out Is Falling Way Behind Schedule; Google Buying Its Own Power [Including In PA]
-- Financial Times: Americans Lead A.I. Data Center Backlash, Global Poll Finds
Impacts
-- TechRadar.com: ‘Dizziness, Nausea, Vertigo, Sleep Disruption:’ The Undetectable Hum Of A.I. Data Centers Is Making Local Residents Sick
-- AP: Energy, Water Use And Pollution Of A.I. And Data Centers Compare To Whole Countries
A.I. Policy
-- Erie Times/USA Today: More PA Schools Adopting A.I. Use Guardrails, Here’s What They Say
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Move Quickly On A.I. At Our Own Peril
-- Financial Times: ‘Close To The Terminator Narrative:’ The Dawn Of Self-Improving A.I.
[Posted: June 7, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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