PA Environment Digest Blog: Friday PA Environment & Energy Articles

“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 Voting Schedule

December 8, 9, 10

-- Committee Schedule

House Voting Schedule

December [canceled- 8, 9, 10], 15 [non-voting], 16, 17

-- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events

November 24-- Outdoor Business Alliance Of PA Webinar: Starting, Growing An Outdoor Business. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

December 1-- DEP hearing on a revised Title V Air Quality permit for the Monroe Energy LLC Trainer Refinery in Trainer Borough, Delaware County. Read more here.

December 2-- DEP Hearing On Revision To Title V Air Quality Permit For a Glass Furnace At The PQ LLC Facility In Chester, Delaware County. Chester City Hall, One 4th Street in Chester. 7:00 p.m.

December 2-- DEP hearing on proposed revisions to the Title V Air Quality Permit for the Delaware County Regional Water Quality Control Authority wastewater plant in Chester, Delaware County. Read more here.

December 2-- DEP hearing on proposed revisions to the Title V Air Quality Permit for the Constellation Energy Generation Co. Limerick Nuclear Power Plant in Limerick Township, Montgomery County. Read more here.

December 2-- DEP hearing on a revised Title V Air Quality permit for the US Steel Fairless Steel Plant in Falls Township, Bucks County. Read more here.

December 4-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. LTBA. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.

December 11-- DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or 717-783-6395.

-- PA Environmental Council Recognizes City of Philadelphia Sustainability Office, Philadelphia Water Department For Sustainability Leadership, Award Videos [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: ‘You Are Not Alone:’ Thousands Of Pennsylvanians Are Working To Protect, Restore The Environment [PaEN]

-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed Model Tariff To Balance A.I. Data Center Growth And Ratepayer Protection [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues First Permit Through SPEED Permit Review Program In York County [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Coal Mine Crews Train For Emergencies At No. 9 Mine In Carbon County

-- WHYY: PA Republican Cong. Fitzpatrick Introduces Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Act In Response To Energy Transfer/Sunoco Petroleum Pipeline Leak In Bucks County

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Carolyn Beans: Lancaster County Set To Reach 125,000 Acres Of Preserved Farmland

-- PennLive: Lancaster Conservancy Preserves 180 Acres In York County

-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary 2025 Year In Review Video

-- PUC Directs Staff To Develop Rule On Winter Terminations, Payment Arrangements, Other Consumer Protections

-- PUC Approves Modified Plan For PPL Electric’s Distributed Energy Resource Management Program

-- WHYY: Lower Merion Twp. Is Banning Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers In Montgomery County

-- DEP Extends Deadline For Driving PA Forward Freight Innovations Diesel Replacement Grants To Dec. 19

-- DEP Climate Advisory Committee Holds 2 Virtual Subcommittee Meetings Nov. 25

-- November 22 - Pennsylvania Bulletin Now Available

-- York Daily Record: New Wetlands Section Of The Hanover Trolley Trail Opens For Hikes And Bikes In Nature

A.I. /Data Centers

-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed Model Tariff To Balance A.I. Data Center Growth And Ratepayer Protection [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City Council Votes To Approve A.I. Data Center Benefits Agreement [PDF of Article]

-- Montour County Planning Commission Recommends Against Talen Energy Request To Rezone 870 Acres For A Natural Gas Power Plant Expansion To Feed A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Where Does York County Rank In Electricity Production Across PA & US (Really High) [Data Center Series] [PDF of Article]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Members Fail To Agree On A.I. Data Center Interconnection Rules; Board May Develop A Proposal, But Timing Unclear

Today’s Oil & Gas Violations

-- Today’s Violations: DEP: found Raymond D. Langer has not fully complied with an order to clean up multiple spills around a conventional well in Robinson Township, Allegheny County discovered on January 11, 2023-- 1,038 days and counting. https://tinyurl.com/bd27ajwn

-- Today’s Violations: DEP issued Frontier Natural Resources violation for failing to submit September production, waste generation reports for shale gas wells in West Keating Township, Clinton County. Frontier holds 9 permits. Read more here.

International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas

[Energy Independence Means Renewables]

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Mild Forecast For PA Winter Heating Bills In Peril As Natural Gas Prices Surge

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- AP: President’s Administration Threatens To Withhold $75 Million From PA Over Immigrant Truck Drivers Receiving CDL Licenses; Shapiro Says Fault Lies With Federal Data Base Used To Check Immigration Status

-- Inquirer: President Accuses 2 PA Democratic Members Of Congress And Veterans Of Sedition ‘Punishable By Death’ After They Urged Members Of The Military And Intelligence Community To ‘Refuse Illegal Orders’

-- TribLive: PA Cong. Deluzio, Other Democrats Tell Troops To Refuse Illegal Orders; President Calls Message ‘Seditious’

-- PennLive: PA Senate Quietly Spent At Least $133,000 Settling Discrimination Complaint Against Republican Sen. Mastriano

-- Spotlight PA: Republican State Senator Threatens Subpoenas Over $1 Million In Security Upgrades At Shapiro’s Private Home

-- WESA: Dormont Official Launches Bid To Replace Miller In 42nd House District Special Election

-- WESA: PA Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Legality Of ‘Skill’ Gambling Games

-- PennLive: Month Of Despair: One Man’s Ordeal Inside A Federal ICE Detention Center In PA