Energy Costs
-- PUC Launches Review Of Utility Ratemaking, Working Group To Address Affordability, Transparency And Changing Economic Conditions [PaEN]
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: PA Public Utility Commission To Review How Utility Profits, Data Centers Affect Affordability Issues
Grid
-- PUC Moves To Address A.I. Data Center Impacts On Emergency Load Control Procedures, Allocation Of Costs Associated With Large Loads; Technical Conference On Cost Responsibility To Be Held [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Proposes Changes To Reliability Standards To Address Situations Where A.I. Data Centers Disconnect From The Grid Without Warning And Threaten Grid Stability [PaEN]
Generation
-- Shell Energy North America Buys 169 MW Hunlock Creek Natural Gas Power Plant In Hunlock Twp., Luzerne County [Power Plant Expressed Interest In Data Center Development In April]
-- Williamsport Sun - Salena Zito: President’s Natural Gas Data Center Power Plant Coming To Fayette County [PDF of Article]
-- Bloomberg: PA A.I. Data Center Limits Are Threat To Natural Gas Firms, PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Says [PDF of Article]
-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Gov. Shapiro’s Executive Order On Data Centers Hasn’t Slowed Momentum Of Developers Looking To Build Big In PA Communities
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Energy Bills Driven By A.I. Data Centers Threaten PA Small Businesses, Report Says
-- PennLive: PUC: A.I. Data Center Demand Will Increase Industrial Power Use 18.56%; 10% Jump In Residential Electricity Costs Driven By Natural Gas Cost Increases
Land Use
-- Scranton Times: Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Developer Wants All Elected Archbald Boro Council Members Removed From Data Center Decision-Making Process, Which Leads To Automatic Approval Of The Proposal; 9th Hearing Set For Today [Sept. 9] [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: Archbald Boro Council Has 45 Days To Decide The Fate Of Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Proposal In Lackawanna County [Just Some Of 51 Data Centers Proposed In The Boro]
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Receives 3 Proposals For A.I. Data Center Health Study
-- Scranton Times: Civic Group, Residents Voice Concerns About Old Forge Mine Discharge 200MW Hydroelectric Plant To Provide Energy To Data Center Project In Lackawanna County
-- Scranton Times Chris Kelly Opinion: Sunday Meeting On Old Forge Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Project Proves Information Is The Best Weapon
-- Scranton Times: Public Weighs In On Ransom Twp. A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Lackawanna County
-- Morning Call: A.I. Data Center Developers Present Updated Plans For Emmaus Ave. Project In Allentown, But Final Approval On Hold Pending Legal Challenge To Project
-- WNEP: Clinton Twp. Supervisors Vote ‘No’ On 20 Building A.I. Data Center Complex In Wayne County
-- PennLive - John Beauge: Union County A.I. Data Center Developer Says It Will Invest $4 Million In The Community
-- Altoona Mirror: Taylor Twp. Supervisors Quizzed On Proposed Terawatt A.I. Data Center At Former Mill Site In Blair County [PDF of Article]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shippingport Boro To Vote On $10 Billion Data Center Project Today [Sept. 8] In Beaver County
-- Post-Gazette: Massive Aligned A.I. Data Center Complex Breaks Ground At Former Coal Power Plant Site In Beaver County
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Aligned Breaks Ground For $10 Billion A.I. Data Center On Former Bruce Mansfield Power Plant Site In Shippingport, Beaver County
-- Indiana Gazette: Homer City A.I. Data Center/Power Plant Complex Again Center Of Discussion; Amazon Presents 300-Page Plan For 39 Data Centers At Meeting [PDF of Article]
-- Pittsburgh Public Source: Upper Burrell Twp. Residents Decry Transparency As TECfusions A.I. Data Center Progresses Despite Moratorium And A Lawsuit In Westmoreland County
-- Observer-Reporter: $13 Billion Data Center Power Plant Complex Proposed By NextEra In Luzerne Twp., Fayette County
-- Observer-Reporter: Springhill Twp. Postpones Votes On A.I. Data Center, Fossil Fuel Power Plant Ordinances To Sept. 17 In Fayette County
-- Pittsburgh Media Partnership: Pennsylvania A.I. Data Center Proposals Map
Impacts
Public Participation/Meetings
-- DEP To Hold Oct. 14 Meeting/Hearing On Major Amendment To Water Quality Permit For Homer City Data Center/Power Plant Complex In Indiana County; Stormwater Permit Issued [PaEN]
-- Indiana Gazette: Homer City A.I. Data Center/Power Plant Complex Again Center Of Discussion; Amazon Presents 300-Page Plan For 39 Data Centers At Meeting [PDF of Article]
-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Hanover Twp., Washington County To Hold 4 Hearings On Proposed Starpointe A.I. Data Center/Power Plant Complex On Sept. 21, 24, 29, 30
-- Morning Call: Here Are The Terms You Need To Follow The A.I. Data Center Sustainability Debate
-- PA Data Center Hearings & Meetings - Physicians For Social Responsibility PA
Politics
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Public A.I. Data Center Support Has Collapsed; Here’s What Happens Next
-- Wall Street Journal Column: Upset About A.I. Data Centers? Big Tech And The President Think You’re A Socialist Dupe
-- Wall Street Journal: States That Gave A.I. Data Centers Billions In Tax Breaks Are Now Ripping Up The Deals
A.I. Policies
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Council Proposes Bill Regulating A.I. Use In Political Campaign Materials
-- Yahoo!/AXIOS: Anthropic [Claude] Insiders Warn A.I. Could Kill All Humans
-- Wall Street Journal: Cyberattack By Rogue A.I. Swarm Stokes Fears Of Out-Of-Control Agents
-- Wall Street Journal: Congress Is Suddenly Waking Up To The A.I. Doomsday Threat
[Posted: September 12, 2026] PA Environment Digest
