-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
House Voting Schedule
May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 24
June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30
Senate Voting Schedule
May 5, 6, 7, 12, 13
June 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
May 5-- House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 1233 (Siegel-D-Lehigh) establishes a stewardship program for safe disposal of portable and medium format batteries up to 25 pounds; House Resolution 192 (Hill-Evans-D-York) designating June 8-14 as Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week. Room 205 Ryan Building. 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
May 5-- Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 349 (Yaw-R- Lycoming) providing for the decommissioning of solar energy facilities. Rules Room. Off the Floor. No video coverage.
May 6-- Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee hearing on ratepayer impact of Act 129 energy efficiency plans. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 9:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
May 6-- Senate Game & Fisheries Committee hearing on economic impacts of boating and fishing in Pennsylvania. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 11:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
May 6-- Virtual. EPA Virtual Hearing On Proposed Permit For A Sandstone Development Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Lafayette Twp., McKean County. 6:00 p.m.
May 7-- Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 102 (Bartolotta-R-Washington, Yaw-R-Lycoming) punishes local elected officials who want to better protect their constituents from the documented adverse health and environmental impacts of shale gas development by prohibiting municipalities from receiving Act 13 drilling impact fees if they set protective standards on the development of natural gas that “imposes a standard or condition on well development that conflicts with or exceeds those contained” in state law. The legislation was prompted by an ordinance adopted by Cecil Township in Washington County that establishes a 2,500 setback from shale gas well pads. The current minimum setback is 500 feet from a well bore. Cecil Township is in Sen. Bartolotta’s legislative district Read more here.; Senate Bill 682 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) changing the name of the Department of Environmental Protection to the Department of Environmental Services; Senate Bill 704 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) require DCED and DEP to identify sites suitable for natural gas electric generation projects; Senate Bill 712 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) redefining safe plugging requirements for conventional oil and gas wells with a new definition of what is considered a “reasonable” effort to clean out a well. [Note: Conventional well owners have been trying for several years to reduce the effort needed to safely plug a well.] Room 461 Main Capitol 9:30 a.m. Click Here to watch the meeting online [if available]. Read more here.
May 7-- House Finance Committee meets to consider House Bill 500 (Inglis-D-Allegheny) part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan to repurpose the EDGE Tax Credit Program to support adding reliable energy generation to the grid tax credit, a regional clean hydrogen tax credit and a sustainable aviation fuel tax credit [Read more here]. Room 523 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
May 7-- Agenda Posted. House Energy Committee informational meeting on geothermal energy development [Read more here]. Room 515 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
May 7-- House Local Government Committee meets to consider House Bill 1282 (Davis-D- Bucks) requiring property owner notifications of changes to special flood hazard area maps. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
May 8-- Senate Communications & Technology Committee hearing on powering artificial intelligence’s future in our economy. Ben Franklin Technology, Partners, 116 Research Dr., Bethlehem. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
May 14-- Agenda Posted. House Energy Committee informational meeting on electric transmission. Room 523 Irvis Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 3 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 77 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 3 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- PA Senate Committee Meets May 7 On Bill To Punish Communities Taking Steps To Protect Their Residents From Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Ohio River Valley Institute May 6 Webinar To Announce New Report On The Growing Cost Of Plugging Thousands Of Shale Gas, Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [PaEN]
-- DEP Received Air Quality Permit For 4.6 Gigawatt Homer City Generation Natural Gas Power Plant For Data Center In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- WITF - Rachel McDevitt: Pennsylvania Weighs How To Manage Power-Hungry Data Centers
-- House Finance Committee Hears Testimony On Expanding Next Generation Energy Projects
-- PJM Interconnection: 51 Generation Projects, 9.3 GW To Move Forward To Address Near-Term Electricity Demand Growth-- 39 Upgrades, 12 New Construction [PaEN]
-- PennLive Letter: Market Competition In PJM Is Solving Pennsylvania’s Energy Challenges - By Glen Thomas, Former Chair, PA Public Utility Commission [PJM Picks 51 Energy Projects]
-- In Memoriam: Remembering Roy Siefert - By Renee Carey, Executive Director, Northcentral PA Conservancy [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell’s Chemical Division, Including Beaver County Petrochemical Plant, Poised For Rebound
-- PUC: Storm Recovery Moving Ahead, But Work Remains: 136,000 Customers Remain Without Power [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Proposed FY 2026 Federal Budget Would Devastate Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Effort; Cut Conservation Help For Farmers [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets June 4 Meeting/Hearing On Liberty Soils Biosolids Facility Permit In Schuylkill County [PaEN]
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Resources Council Starts Spring Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Western PA
-- PennLive: 22 Bay Electric Vehicle Charging Station Opens In Lower Swatara Twp., Dauphin County
-- Planet Philadelphia May 2 Program On Predicting Economic Effects Of Climate Change, 4:00 p.m.
-- DCNR: Gov. Shapiro Visits Michaux State Forest To Thank Wildfire Fighters
-- May 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Storm Damage/Power Outages
-- WESA: Duquesne Light Says All Customers Should Have Power Back By Tuesday
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart/Data Centers
-- PA Capital-Star: Nuclear Energy Growth In PA, Other States Need Federal Action
-- Utility Dive: Exelon Data Center Projects Pipeline Doubles To 36 GW Since Year-End
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.18 Ohio- $3.18 PA- $3.34
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Stays At 18 For 2nd Week
-- Bloomberg: OPEC+ Agrees To Another Oil Supply Surge In June, Delegates Say, Already Sending Crude Prices Plunging
New Federal Administration
-- Tribune-Democrat: Federal Cuts Fallout: LIHEAP Energy Aid Program ‘Lifeline’ For Many PA Households
-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: What Changes To The Federal Endangered Species Act Could Mean For Wildlife
-- Reuters: US EPA Plans To Reduce Staff to 1980 Levels, Dissolve Research Office
-- AP: EPA Announces Broad Reorganization That Includes Shuffle Of Scientific Research
-- EPA Announces Organizational Changes, $300 Million Cut In Agency Spending
-- WPost: Proposed FY 2026 Federal Budget Cuts By Agency
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- Republican Rep. Seth Grove Will Not Seek Reelection
-- WITF: Attorney General Investigation Of Voter Registration Ongoing, 6 Months In
-- WITF: Auditor General Audit Of Automatic Voter Registration Ongoing, Almost 8 Months In
-- AP: Consultant Says Security Report On Governor’s Residence Arson Attack Won’t Be Made Public
-- The Center Square: Waitlist Long For Services Aiding Individuals With Disabilities
-- The Center Square: PA Traffic Fatalities Near All-Time Low In 2024
-- The Center Square: Expiring Federal Tax Cuts Will Raise Individual Taxes An Average Of $2,521 In PA
-- Tribune-Democrat: Federal Cuts Fallout: Veterans, Military Organizations Feeling ‘A Lot Of Uncertainty’
-- Centre Daily Times Guest Essay: Ensure America Keeps Investing In Rural Pennsylvania - By Philip Vonada, PA State Grange [Federal Cuts Putting People At Risk]
-- TribLive/AP: Steelmaker Cleveland Cliffs To Idle 2 Steel Plants In PA, 1 In Illinois Due To Sluggish Demand, Pricing
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[Posted: May 3, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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