Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 12.9.22

Are You Telling Your Story?

Senate returns to voting session January 3, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to voting session January 3 [Democrats, Republicans Fighting Over Schedule]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

TODAY 9:00: In-Person, Virtual. Agenda Posted. DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting.  Contact: John Chippo, jchippo@pa.gov, 717-783-9730.  (formal notice) [Note: Update on Three Mile Island decommissioning other issues.]

TODAY 8:30: Women For A Healthy Environment Online PA Healthy School Summit - Recharging For A New Era In Environmental Health. 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Dec. 15 On Radioactive Drilling Waste; Road Dumping Wastewater; Limits On Methane Emissions; More  [PaEN]

-- Dec. 10 PA Bulletin: Final-Omitted Regulations Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- Dec. 10 PA Bulletin: Final Regulations Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- PUC Approves $48,000 Refund To Sunoco Pipeline On A Penalty It Paid For Mariner East Pipeline Construction Violations  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Marcellus/Utica Drillers (All Gas Drillers) Had Fantastic Third Quarter Earnings

-- Williamsport Sun: PA Natural Gas Price Up 95%, New Wells Up 42%

-- PUC Approves 10.6% Increase In Natural Gas Rates By Valley Energy, Bradford County [PA’s #3 County In Natural Gas Production]

-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 9.2% Natural Gas Rate Increase By National Fuel Gas

-- PUC Rejects Proposed Settlement With Columbia Gas Over 2019 House Explosion In Washington County 

-- PUC Approves A Partial Settlement To Increase Natural Gas Rates For Columbia Gas 4.6%

-- PUC Approves 6.8% Increase In Electric Rates For Citizens’ Electric Company Of Lewisburg

-- PUC Seeks Comment On Proposed Settlement With Duquesne Light On Inadvertent Release Of Customer Information

-- PUC Modifies Settlement With PECO Energy Regarding Improper Electric Service Terminations

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Electric Utilities In PA Monitoring Grid Infrastructure In Wake Of North Carolina Attacks

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Counties Can Apply For Whole Home Repair Funding, Including Energy Efficiency Upgrades

-- Green Rock Energy Partners Acquires PA South Hills Renewable Gas Production Facility

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Proposals For Hydrogen Hub In Appalachia Have Great Potential, But Challenges Ahead

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Hydrogen Hubs May Point Way To Clean Energy Transition

-- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal) Fails To Show Up In Court On Environmental Charges, What’s Next? 

-- WHYY: Hazardous Waste Storage Areas At Former Philadelphia Refinery Site Could Close Within A Year

-- DEP: Drought Watch Remains In Effect For Carbon, Luzerne, Northampton, Potter,  Schuylkill Counties  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA American Water Customers Will See Higher Water (14.5%) , Sewer (39.1%) Bills Starting In January [Rate Increases Outpace Inflation]

-- Perkiomen Creek Finalist For Pennsylvania’s 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Farmers Face New Realities In Stormwater Management

-- DEP Notice Extending NPDES General Permit For Aquatic Animal Production Facilities To March 2, 2024

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 9 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Warren Times: Warren County Conservation District Accepting Applications For College Scholarships

-- December 10 Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- DCNR: Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Recreation Meets Dec. 15

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Appoints Four New Board Members

-- Post-Gazette: Some Pittsburgh Council Members Question Plans For Parks Tax

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Wildflowers Starved For Sunlight By Tree Reaction To Climate Change: New Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Study

-- WESA: Climate Change Is Threatening North America’s Wildflowers, Carnegie Museum Research Shows

 

6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

 

-- Power For Tomorrow: The Impact Of Natural Gas Price Spikes On Electricity Prices

 

Other States/National/International

-- AP: New Abnormal: Climate Disaster Damage ‘Down’ To $268 Billion

-- RMI: The Business Case For New Fossil Gas Power Plants Is Shrinking

-- Reuters: Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After 588,000 Gallon Oil Spill In Kansas

-- WPost: Big Oil Talks Clean Energy Transition, But Perpetuates Petroleum U.S. House Documents Say

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Legislative Reference Bureau Opinion Says Neither Party Has A PA House Majority [May Only Count Living Members]

-- City & State PA: Legislative Agency Says Democrats Lack A Majority In The PA House

-- Erie Times: House Leadership War Sets Ugly Tone For PA’s Next Legislative Session

-- WESA: Slugfest In Harrisburg As Democrats, Republicans Fight Over Control Of PA House

-- TribLive: Democrats, Republicans To Nominate Candidates For 3 Special Election Races For House Seats

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: PA Lawmakers Cash In On Inflation While Ignoring Plight Of Retirees

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Put Hold On State Constitutional Amendments

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA’s Delayed $100 Million System For Handling State Taxes Finally Goes Live

-- Inquirer: COVID Cases Climb In PA, NJ In Wake Of Thanksgiving

-- WESA: IFO: Young Workers Left PA’s Labor Force At Highest Rate After The Pandemic Began

-- AP: PA Panel Updates Anti-Discrimination Regulations

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[Posted: December 9, 2022]  PA Environment Digest