PA Environment Digest Blog: Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]

Senate Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 16, 17, 18, 30

-- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 13, 14

-- Committee Schedule

House Fall Voting Schedule

-- September 23 (non-voting), 24 (non-voting), 25 (non-voting), 30

-- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23

-- November 12, 13

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

TODAY 10:00: Virtual: DEP Orphan Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Grant Program Information Session. 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

September 5-- Agenda Posted. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 a.m. Check the Board webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-783-6395.

September 10-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Visit the Board webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov, (717) 772-3277. (formal notice)

September 10-- Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 12:30 p.m. Visit the Council webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov.

-- DEP Advisory: Notice Of September 4 OnBase Database Outage

-- DEP Personnel: Jill Whitcomb Serving As Acting DEP Deputy Secretary For Water Programs

-- DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day Friday, Aug. 30 In Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Washington, Westmoreland Counties

-- Cooper-Booth Wholesale Co. Installs 1.17 GW Rooftop Solar Energy Facility In Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- DCNR: New Solar Energy Facility At Prince Gallitzin State Park In Cambria County To Reduce Electricity Costs $100,000 A Year; One Of 27 In State Parks

-- Altoona Mirror: Prince Gallitzin Solar Array Dedicated

-- Clearfield Progress: Dunn Lauds Solar Energy At Prince Gallitzin State Park

-- Tribune-Democrat: DCNR Chief Tours Johnstown, Sees ‘Opportunities Big And Small’ In Project Plans

-- Observer-Reporter: Solar For Schools Program Introduced At Greene County Career & Technology Center

-- Utility Dive: PA Senator [Sen. Yaw] To Introduce Energy Fund Bill, Bill To Require One Permit With One ‘Statute of Limitations’ For Power Plant Projects

-- Utility Dive: PJM December Electricity Auction Prices Could Jump 157% Over July Auction, Morgan Stanley

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: Getting Real About Electric Grid Reliability In PJM After July Capacity Auction - By Glen Thomas, Former Chair of the PA Public Utility Commission