Energy Costs
-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Demands A Stop To ‘Excessive’ Electric, Natural Gas, Water Utility Rate Increases, But Has Little Authority To Force Change
-- LancasterOnline: PPL Electric Default Service Customers To See 1.5% Increase In What They Pay For Electricity They Use Starting June 1
-- TribLive Editorial: Rising Electric Bills Leave Pennsylvanians Powerless
-- Republican Herald Editorial: PUC Must Stand Up To Repeated Electric, Natural Gas, Water Utility Rate Hike Requests
Legislation
-- PA House Passes Bills To Establish Framework For Developing Clean, Safe Geothermal Energy, Advanced Transmission Line Technology, Retooling PA Energy Financing Authority [PaEN]
-- PA House Energy Committee Reports Out Bills To Authorize Virtual Power Plants, Address Connecting New Generation Quickly To Improve Grid Reliability [PaEN]
-- Environmental Advocates Urge Lawmakers To Pass Bills Giving PUC Authority To Regulate Data Centers, Prohibit Nondisclosure Agreements, Promote Clean Energy To Reduce Energy Costs [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Rep. Walsh Introduces Bill To Allow Municipalities To Adopt Temporary A.I. Data Center Moratoriums To Adopt Zoning Ordinances
-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Centers Drive Fiery PA Senate Democratic Primary Debate Between Flynn, Lake
-- Scranton Times: Luzerne County Community College Held Roundtable With PA US Sen. McCormick On Energy Regulations, A.I. Data Centers
-- TribLive: PA US Sen. McCormick Wants To Streamline Permitting Process For Power Plants, Pipelines, Data Centers
-- Post-Gazette: Energy Facilities And A.I. Data Centers Must Move Together, Sen. McCormick Says During Western PA Visit
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: PA US Sen. McCormick Gets Update On Homer City A.I. Data Center, Power Plant, Pitches Permit Reform In Indiana County
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA US Sen. McCormick Touts A.I. Data Centers As Economic Engine For Pennsylvania
-- WJAC: Wife Of PA US Sen. McCormick Named Meta [Facebook] President, Vice Chairman, ‘Heavily Involved In Accelerating The Pursuit Of… A.I.” [1.12.26]
Grid
-- Utility Dive: PA House Unanimously Passes Bill To Require Utilities To Incorporate Review Of Advanced Transmission Technology In Transmission Line Proposals
-- Sen. Laughlin Introduces Resolution Urging PA To Enter Into Multistate Compacts To Oversee Policies, Procedures For Planning, Siting, Construction, Operation Of Interstate Electric Transmission Lines [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Citing ‘Unsustainable Stress’ From Price Volatility, PJM Grid Operator Lays Out Reform Options
-- Utility Dive: PJM Floats Options For Generation Capacity Market Overhaul; ‘The Current Situation Is Not Tenable’
-- PA Capital-Star: PJM Grid Manager Says Developers Are Proposing 220 GW Of New Power Projects [Decisions On Which Go Ahead Will Not Be Made Until Feb. 2028, Then They Have To Be Financed, Sited, Built]
-- Utility Dive: American Electric Power Eyes Exit From PJM, SPP Over Slow Connection Of New Generation In Face Of A.I. Data Center Demand [AEP operates in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, WV In PJM]
-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp. Issues Level 3 Alert, Mandates Action To Address Sudden A.I. Data Center Load Losses
-- North American Electric Reliability Corp Issues Level 3 Alert On Grid Reliability Focused On Sudden Load Loss From A.I. Data Centers
Generation
-- PJM Interconnection Prepared To Meet Summer Peak Energy Demands With Adequate Resources Under Expected Conditions [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: PJM Attracts 220 GW Of Mostly Natural Gas, Nuclear Generation Proposals; Experts Warn Damage To Maryland’s Clean Energy Plans Is Already Done
-- Utility Dive: American Electric Power Eyes Exit From PJM, SPP Over Slow Connection Of New Generation In Face Of A.I. Data Center Demand [AEP operates in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, WV In PJM]
-- Bloomberg: Microsoft May Abandon Its Target For Powering A.I. Data Centers With ‘Clean’ Energy
Land Use
-- Washington & Jefferson Center For Energy Finds Communities Are Unprepared For The Rapid Industrialization Brought By A.I. Data Centers And Their Impacts; Proposals Are Outpacing Regulatory, Planning Processes [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Every Community Evaluating An A.I. Data Center Proposal Should Ask - What Financial Instrument Is Posted Before Construction That Guarantees The Site Will Be Remediated If The Facility Becomes Obsolete, Is Abandoned Or Closes? - By PA Data Center Accountability, Carbon County [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: Municipalities Use Local 180-Day A.I. Data Center Moratoriums To Create Zoning Rules ‘In Peace’
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Exeter Borough Approves A.I. Data Center Zoning Ordinance Amendment
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Dorrance Twp. Zoning Hearing Board Finds Ordinance Did Not Exclude A.I. Data Centers Voting To Deny A Claim By Data Center Developers
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Exploring Standing To Enter Legal Fight Over Proposed A.I. Data Center Near A County Housing Authority Property, Park
-- Scranton Times: Newton Twp. Postponed Zoning Board Hearing On Appeal Of A Denial Of First A.I. Data Center Proposal In Township, Lackawanna County
-- Republican Heald: Schuylkill County Residents Voice Opposition To BRADS Landfill Expansion, A.I. Data Center Proposals
-- Bucks Courier Times: Could A PA A.I. Data Center Moratorium Benefit Bucks Towns?
-- Pottstown Mercury: Details Emerge About Threats Related To Proposed Limerick Twp. A.I. Data Center Project In Montgomery County; Some Threats Read At Tuesday Meeting [PDF of Article]
-- PennLive: New 10 Building A.I. Data Center Complex Proposed In Watts Twp., Perry County By Baltimore Developer
-- Post-Gazette/PennLive: ‘David & Goliath:’ Residents In Watts Twp., Perry County Speak Out Against Proposed A.I. Data Center
-- Williamsport Sun: Pine Creek Twp. To Consider Ordinance Amendment To Address A.I. Data Centers
-- TribLive: Murrysville Planning Commission Will Tackle A.I. Data Center Regulations At May 12 Meeting
Public Participation
-- DEP Invites Comments On Section 401 Water Quality Certification For Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Water Quality Permit For Transmission Line Project To Connect Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant To Grid In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permit Amendment To Correct Wetlands Impacts For Homer City Generation Data Center Project In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Utilities Juniata-Shermansdale, Juniata-Bernheisel High Voltage Transmission Line Projects In Perry, Cumberland Counties To Serve Data Centers In Middlesex Twp. [PaEN]
-- PUC Announces 2 June 30 Hearings On Proposed PPL Utilities Transmission Line Projects In Hazle Twp., Luzerne County Serving Project Hazelnut A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Archbald Boro Sets May 11, May 14 Hearings On A.I. Data Center Proposals
-- PA Data Center Hearings & Meetings - Physicians For Social Responsibility PA
A.I. Policy
-- AP: Pennsylvania Sues A.I. Company For Illegally Practicing Medicine
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Shapiro Administration Sues A.I. ‘Doctors’ For Practicing Unlicensed Medicine In PA
[Posted: May 10, 2026] PA Environment Digest
