Energy Costs
-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed Model Tariff To Balance A.I. Data Center Growth And Ratepayer Protection [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PUC Proposes Special Treatment For A.I. Data Center Power Connections To Contain The Cost Burden On Existing Ratepayers [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
-- The Center Square: Consensus For Soaring A.I. Data Center Power Demands Still Elusive Among PJM Members
-- WHYY: PJM Electrical Grid To Decide Who Pays Bill For Massive A.I. Data Centers
-- PA Capital-Star: A.I. Data Center Growth Drives Communities In PA, Other States To Fight For More Say
-- The Center Square: ‘Ghost’ A.I. Data Center Projects Haunt PJM Power Grid Planners, Raising Energy Costs
-- Williamsport Sun/The Center Square: ‘Ghost’ A.I. Data Center Projects Haunt Power Grid Planners, Taxpayers
-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Mild Forecast For PA Winter Heating Bills In Peril As Natural Gas Prices Surge
-- PUC Directs Staff To Develop Rule On Winter Terminations, Payment Arrangements, Other Consumer Protections
-- Post-Gazette/AP: New Analysis Shows More US Consumers Are Falling Behind On Their Utility Bills
Reliability
-- North American Electric Reliability Corp: Electric Grid At Elevated Risk Of Insufficient Energy Supplies During Extreme Weather Due To Rising A.I. Data Center Demands, 'Precarious' Natural Gas Supplies [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp: Winter Peak Demand Is Rising Faster Than Resource Additions
-- Reuters: US A.I. Data Center Demand Raising Power Risks This Winter, NERC Says
-- Bloomberg: US Faces Winter Blackout Risks From A.I. Data Centers’ Power Needs, NERC Says
-- PUC: Natural Gas Utility Winter Reliability Reports Forecast Slightly Higher Usage, Costs [PaEN]
Public Comment
-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed Model Tariff To Balance A.I. Data Center Growth And Ratepayer Protection [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PUC Proposes Special Treatment For A.I. Data Center Power Connections To Contain The Cost Burden On Existing Ratepayers [PDF of Article]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Renewal Of Phase II Acid Rain Air Quality Permit For The 750 MW Natural Gas Marcus Hook Energy Power Plant, Delaware County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Comments Now Being Accepted For Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For Hunterstown Power, LLC Natural Gas Power Plant In Adams County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For The Energy Center Fuel Oil/Natural Gas Power Plant Serving Downtown Harrisburg Heating District, Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For 8 Million Gallon EQT Midstream Oil & Gas Wastewater Storage Facility In Jackson Twp., Greene County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of The Water Quality/Mining Permit For 11,336 Acres Of Consol Mining Underground Coal Mining In Cumberland Twp., Greene County [PaEN]
-- PUC Sets Hearings On PPL Electric Proposed 7% Rate Increase Starting Dec. 8 [PaEN]
Generation
-- DEP Issues Air Permit For Largest Natural Gas Power Plant In US To Feed Proposed 3,200 Acre Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- Clean Air Council, Environmental Health Project, Residents Urge State To Stop Headfirst Jump To Power A.I. Data Centers With Fossil Fuels [PaEN]
-- PUC Approves Modified Plan For PPL Electric’s Distributed Energy Resource Management Program
-- Utility Dive: FERC OKs NRG’s 19 GW Purchase Of LS Power Gas-Fired [5 In PA], Demand Response Assets; BP Wind Energy Sale Also Approved [PA Wind Farm]
-- US Dept. Of Energy Closes On $1 Billion Taxpayer Funded Loan To Constellation Energy To Finance Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Power Microsoft A.I. Data Centers [Company Originally Claimed No Taxpayer Money Would Be Used To Restart The Plant]
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: President’s Energy Dept. Approves $1 Billion Loan For Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor Restart [Federal Legislation Makes Taxpayer Funding Available]
-- AP: US DOE Loans $1 Billion To Help Finance Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor [Company Originally Claimed No Taxpayer Money Would Be Used To Restart The Plant]
-- The Center Square: Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Poised For A New Start
-- PA Capital-Star: Next Generation Modular Nuclear Reactors Will Be Smaller, Safer PA House Energy Committee Hears
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Don’t Let Water Just Pass Over Our Dams, Pennsylvania Needs More Power - By Justin Trudell, FirstLight
-- TribLive Letter: Authorize Community Solar Energy Facilities With Guaranteed Savings - By Edie Strong, Greensburg
-- LancasterOnline: Turkey Hill Wind Turbines Have Not Operated For Months In Lancaster County
-- The Economist: Geothermal Energy’s Time Has Finally Come; Could Become Bigger Than Nuclear [PDF of Article]
-- OilPrice.com: The A.I. Boom Is Driving A Massive Geothermal Energy Revival
Land Use
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly: Archbald Boro No Place For 82 A.I. Football Fields In Lackawanna County [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: Blakely Boro Applies More Than 30 Zoning Ordinance Restrictions On A.I. Data Centers, Lackawanna County [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: Dickson City To Regulate A.I. Data Centers Through Zoning In Lackawanna County [PDF of Article]
-- The Citizens Voice: Hazle Township Supervisors Say Residents Deserve A Say About Proposed A.I. Data Center In Luzerne County
-- TribLive: Springdale Planning Commission OKs A.I. Data Center Project; Proposal Moves To Council In Allegheny County
-- Post-Gazette: Nova Place Hits The Market As Potential A.I. Data Center Hub In Pittsburgh
-- ABC6News: Developer Withdraws A.I. Data Center Plan In Plymouth Twp., Montgomery County After Legal Issue Halts Zoning Meeting
-- Inquirer: Plymouth Twp. A.I. Data Center Proposal Abruptly Withdrawn Over Legal Issues In Montgomery County [PDF of Article]
-- Morning Call: Proposal For 3 A.I. Data Centers In Lower Macungie A Land Use Of Regional Significance, Requires Lehigh Valley Planning Commission Review [PDF of Article]
-- Morning Call: Plans For A.I. Data Center At Old Air Products Site In Upper Macungie Revealed
-- Morning Call: Upper Macungie Proposes A.I. Data Center Ordinance As It Faces Plans For Development At Former Air Products HQ [PDF of Article]
-- York Daily Record: Farm Fields To Server Farms, York County Grapples With Potential A.I. Data Center Invasion [PDF of Article]
-- York Daily Record: Here’s Where A.I. Data Centers Have Been Proposed Or Discussed In York County And Their Status [PDF of Article]
-- York Daily Record: Where Does York County Rank In Electricity Production Across PA & US (Really High) [Data Center Series] [PDF of Article]
-- York Daily Record: See Inside A Central PA Data Center As CEO Urges Communities To Research ‘Hyperscalers’ [Video]
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City Council To Consider A.I. Data Center Benefits Agreement Thursday, Nov. 20 [PDF of Article] [Click Here For Agreement]
-- 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]
Impacts
-- PennLive Letter: A.I. Data Center Boom Causes Electrician Shortage, Drives Up Costs For School Projects - By Greg Miraglia, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County
A.I. Policy
-- Post-Gazette: Bipartisan Pair Of PA Lawmakers Outraged At Federal Attempt To Prevent States From Regulating Development, Use Of A.I.
-- Financial Times: President’s Plan To Prevent States From Regulating A.I. Fuels MAGA Backlash
[Posted: November 23, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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