Low temperatures are expected to reach the single digits through the weekend and through Monday, Feb. 9.
Previous Cold Weather Alerts were issued between January 19 to February 2 for some or all of the PJM territory.
When issued, PJM communicates with generation owners to tell them to be prepared to call in additional staff to get all units running for when electricity use begins to increase.
Generation owners must take extra care to maintain equipment so that it does not freeze in the cold and are reminded to provide updated information to PJM on limitations to their units, including time required to start and the max and min times that their units can run once started.
A Cold Weather Alert can also be used to defer or reschedule planned generation maintenance outages and/or transmission outages and/or recall transmission/generator outages, if necessary.
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Visit the PJM Interconnection website for more information.
Related Articles This Week:
-- Gov. Shapiro’s Proposed Budget Includes Performance Standards For Data Centers Seeking State Tax Credits; Renewed Call For Lightening Energy Plan; New PUC Benchmarks For Utility Profits [PaEN]
-- Reactions To Gov. Shapiro's Proposed Budget From Citizen, Environmental, Energy, Industry, Utility Groups [PaEN]
-- House Committee OKs Bill To Give PUC More Authority To Regulate A.I. Data Centers, Other Large Loads To Protect Ratepayers, Electric Grid [PaEN]
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Electricity Prices Increased 46.1% From 2018 to 2025, More Than Other PJM States, Largely Due To Pennsylvania's Reliance On Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: A.I. Data Centers Pose Big Challenge For PA's Energy Future - Dramatically Increasing Costs For Energy Consumers, And It's Not Getting Any Cheaper - By Tom Gilbert, Pennsylvania Environmental Council [PaEN]
-- Washington County Residents On Water Wells Not Aware A MarkWest Pipeline Drilling Project Lost 1.2 Million Gallons Of Drilling Fluid In Mount Pleasant & Robinson Townships [PaEN]
-- Environmental Hearing Board Denies CNX Gas Company Motion To Throw Out Ullom Family Appeal Over Water Loss In Washington County; Scope Of Rebuttable Presumption Under Review [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- Scranton Times: Local Officials React To Shapiro’s Budget Address [Data Centers] [PDF of Article]
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Gov. Shapiro Wants More A.I. Data Centers, But They Need To Bring Their Own Power
-- PA Capital-Star: PA’s Approach To Joining The A.I. Race Must Put People First, Shapiro Said In Budget Address
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Gov. Shapiro Proposes New Standards Requiring Data Centers To Bring Their Own Power [PDF of Article]
-- PennLive: Gov. Shapiro Lays Out 4 Principles To Steer How Big Tech Builds A.I. Data Centers In PA
-- Inquirer: Gov. Shapiro Says He’ll Prevent A.I. Data Center Developers From ‘Saddling’ Pennsylvanians With Higher Energy Costs
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: What Does PJM Have To Do With A.I. Data Centers And Why Is Gov. Shapiro Always So Made At It?
-- PPL Utilities Statement On Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Address And Energy Affordability
-- E&ENews/Politico: A.I Champion Josh Shapiro Leans On Tech Industry To Bear Energy Costs Of A.I. Data Centers
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Gov. Shapiro Proposes $1 Billion Infrastructure Fund To Address PA’s Housing And Energy Needs [PDF of Article]
-- PA Capital-Star: Should A.I. Data Centers Pay Up Front Or Build Their Own Power Plants? PJM, State Governors Have Different Ideas On How To Fix Your Electricity Bill
-- Scranton Times Chris Kelly Opinion: A.I. Data Center Race A Marathon, Not A Sprint [PDF of Article]
-- The Citizens Voice: Rural Landowners In Luzerne County Offered $175,000/Acre For A.I. Data Center Takeover In Hollenback Twp. [PDF of Article]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Vistra Energy Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant VP Talks Meta/Facebook Deal, Planned 140 MW Uprate At Nuclear Plant [PDF of Article]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: $10 Billion A.I. Data Center Campus, Natural Gas Power Plant Proposed For Former Bruce Mansfield Power Plant Site In Beaver County [Shippingport Boro Approved Jan. 28, Another Hearing To Be Set] [PDF of Article]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Here Are More Details On The $10 Billion Shippingport A.I. Data Center Project Near Bruce Mansfield Power Plant Site: 593 Acres, 2 Million Square Feet [PDF of Article]
-- The Derrick: Clarion Borough Holds Public Hearing On A.I. Data Center Ordinance [PDF of Article]
-- The Citizens Voice: Rural Landowners In Luzerne County Offered $175,000/Acre For A.I. Data Center Takeover In Hollenback Twp. [PDF of Article]
-- NE PA Institute For Public Policy & Economic Development: Exploring The Dynamics Surrounding Data Centers In Northeastern Pennsylvania
-- Senate Passes Sen. Yaw Bill To Identify Sites For Natural Gas Power Plants [Except That Isn’t The Problem At All] [Senate Bill 704]
-- Senate Passes Bill To Weaken Plugging Standards For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [Senate Bill 712] [These wells were abandoned in the first place because there is no effective well plugging bond program and 100% of the burden put on taxpayers. Now conventional well boosters want to cut breaks to the industry another break by making the well plugging program less effective so wells have to be replugged more frequently. At the same time Congress and the President cut federal funding for well plugging.]
-- Reps. Matzie, Mehaffie Laud Passage Of Bill To Clear The Way For Construction Of Modular Nuclear Reactors [House Bill 2017]
-- Wall Street Journal: Google Is Spending Big To Build A Lead In A.I. Energy Race By Buying Energy Companies [PJM Highlighted] [PDF of Article]
-- Wall Street Journal: These Rural Americans Are Trying To Hold Back The Tide Of A.I. - Fears Of Rising Utility Costs, Job Losses, Privacy Violations [PDF of Article]
-- NYT: President’s Administration Is Blocking At Least 73 GW Of Much-Needed Solar Electricity Generation, 5.8 GW Of Wind Generation
[Posted: February 5, 2026] PA Environment Digest
