-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
Senate Voting Schedule 2025
December 8, 9, [Canceled- 10]
Senate Voting Schedule 2026
January 6, 26, 27, 28
February 2, 3 (Governor’s Budget Address), 4
Budget hearings will be held February 23-26, and March 2
March 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25
April 20, 21, 22
May 4, 5, 6
June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30
House Voting Schedule 2025
December 15 [non-voting], 16, 17
House Voting Schedule 2026
January 6 (NV), 26, 27, 28
February 2, 3 (Governor's Budget Address, 4
Budget hearings will be held February 23-26, and March 2
March. 23, 24, 25
April 13, 14, 15, 27, 28, 29
May 4, 5, 6
June 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
September 28, 29, 30
October 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21
November 9, 10
TODAY’s Calendar Of Events
December 8-- Virtual. DEP To Host Virtual Update On Response To Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leak In Upper Makefield Twp., Bucks County. 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
December 9-- Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 9:00 a.m. Check webpage for options for joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Laura Griffin, laurgriffi@pa.gov or (717) 772-3277. [Agenda Includes Petition On Increasing Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells. Read more here.]
December 10-- DEP Public Meeting On Boyertown Landfill Hazardous Site In Montgomery County [Click Here for DEP webpage.]
December 11-- CANCELED. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or 717-783-6395. (formal notice)
December 11-- Agenda Posted. DEP Agricultural Advisory Board meeting. Contact: Bob Haines at robhaines@pa.gov or (717) 787-7565. (formal notice) [Agenda includes update on biosolids beneficial use]
December 16-- Agenda Posted. DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. 9:00 a.m. Contact: Lindsay Byron, lbyron@pa.gov or 717-772-8951
December 17-- DEP Hearing On Air Quality Permit For The PEI Power LLC Natural Gas Power Plant In Lackawanna County. DEP Northeast Regional Office, Wilkes-Barre. 10:00 a.m. Read more here.
December 17-- DEP hearing on a revised Title V Air Quality Permit for the Portland Power, LLC 400 MW power plant in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Northampton County hoping to attract an A.I. data center project. DEP Northeast Regional Office, Wilkes-Barre. 10:00 a.m. Read more here.
December 17-- DEP Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Ecopax LLC Facility In Forks Twp., Northampton County. DEP Northeast Regional Office, Wilkes-Barre. 10:00 a.m. Read more here.
December 17-- DEP hearing on a revised Title V Air Quality Permit for the Surteco North America facility in West Brunswick Township, Schuylkill County. DEP Northeast Regional Office, Wilkes-Barre. 10:00 a.m. Read more here.
-- Registration Open! PA League Of Women Voters, Duquesne University Host Shale Gas & Public Health Conference Feb. 19 In Pittsburgh, Online [PaEN]
-- READ CAREFULLY! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 6 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Oil & Gas Erosion & Sedimentation, Stormwater Management Technical Guidance [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Air Quality Permit For Hill Top Energy Center Natural Gas Power Plant In Greene County To Feed A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Permit To Uprate 3 Natural Gas Turbines At Hummel Station Power Plant In Snyder County To Feed A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
-- DEP Proposes To Renew Air Quality Permit For Constellation Energy Oil-Fired Falls Generation Station In Bucks County [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 76 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In September & October; 398 In 2025 [PaEN]
-- READ CAREFULLY! DEP Posted 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 6 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- PUC Adds Dec. 18 Hearing In Wilkes-Barre On Proposed PPL 7% Rate Increase; Other Hearings Start Dec. 8 [PaEN]
-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Awards Recycling Mini-Grants [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Pennsylvanians Invited To Support Military Service Members Through Trees For Troops
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invites Pennsylvanians To Support Military Service Members By Donating Christmas Trees Through Trees For Troops
-- DCNR Launches New PA Community Tree Assistance Program To Help Maintain A Healthy Tree Canopy; Interested Communities, Tree-Care Professionals Should Apply [PaEN]
-- 8 PA Master Naturalists Complete Training As Climate Stewards In New Pilot Program [PaEN]
-- DCNR Names Tracy Lambert New Manager For Hills Creek State Park Complex In PA Wilds
-- Altoona Mirror: Ghost Town Trail-A-Thon Fundraiser Generates $62,000
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Eels Made A Comeback In The Susquehanna River, But Most Die As They Migrate South To Spawn
-- LancasterOnline: How To Participate In Audubon Christmas Bird Count In Lancaster County Dec. 14 to Jan. 5
-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeks Candidates For Game Commission Board
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Morning Call: Upper Macungie Twp. Adopts A.I. Data Center Regulations, But They Won’t Apply To Proposal On Old Air Products Site In Lehigh County
-- Reuters: Constellation Energy, US DOJ Agree On Conditions For Acquisition Of Calpine Gas Power Plants To Feed A.I. Data Centers [Sell York 2 Natural Gas Plant In PA]
-- Utility Dive: New Lt. Governor In Virginia Says Virginia A.I. Data Centers Must Pay ‘Fair Share’ By Supplying Their Own Energy
Train Derailments
-- Morning Call/AP: Railroads Will Be Allowed To Reduce Inspections, Rely More On Technology To Spot Track Problems
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: National: $2.96 Ohio: $2.75 PA: $3.18
-- Baker Hughes: Natural Gas Drilling Rigs In PA- 18 - Same As Last 2 Weeks
-- Financial Times: Surging Natural Gas Prices Worsens Affordability Crisis For Americans [PDF of Article]
-- Reuters: Constellation Energy, US DOJ Agree On Conditions For Acquisition Of Calpine Gas Power Plants To Feed A.I. Data Centers [Sell York 2 Natural Gas Plant In PA]
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- WITF: PA Election Directors Call For Reforms To 3rd Party Voter Registration Drives
-- WHYY: Chester County Certifies Election Results In Tense Meeting Amid Poll Book Controversy
-- Inquirer: PA Fires Vendor For Failing To Sort, Deliver State Agency Mail To Post Office For Delivery
-- Inquirer Editorial: If ‘Skill’ Gambling Games Cannot Be Banned, Harrisburg Must Act To Regulate And Tax
-- TribLive/PennLive: Shapiro Pushes Back On Federal Policy Change- Urges Continuation Of Hepatitis B Vaccines At Birth
-- The Center Square: President’s USDA Beat PA Court Challenge To Cutting Funding For PA Farmers, Now What?
-- Triblive/AP: Social Security Administration Plants To Cut Field Office Visits By Recipients By 50%; Fear Closures Are Coming
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