-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
Senate Voting Schedule
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 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-- NEW. House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee meets to consider House Bill 1116 (Pugh-R-Luzerne) requires DEP to conduct a study of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in biosolids; House Resolution 66 (Pielli-D-Chester) directs the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to conduct a study and issue a report on wild native terrestrial invertebrate management; House Resolution 352 (Ciresi-D-Montgomery) directs the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on litter law enforcement and provide recommendations. Room 205 Ryan Building. 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
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.
-- DEP Awards $17.7 Million To Support 222 County Water Quality Cleanup Projects In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- READ CAREFULLY! PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 13 [PaEN]
-- READ CAREFULLY! DEP Posted 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 13 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permit Approvals For Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Appalachian Reliability Pipeline Project In Armstrong, Greene, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Permits For 5 Large Electric Transmission, Substation Projects In 14 Counties, Including 150 Mile Piney-Seward and Erie South-Piney Transmission Project Crossing 8 Counties [PaEN]
-- PUC Publishes Updates To Low-Income Natural Gas, Electric Utility Usage Reduction Program Regulations [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: 342 MW Solar Energy Facility Approved In City Of Altoona, Blair County [PDF of Article]
-- Centre Daily Times: 265 MW Black Moshannon Solar Energy Facility On Abandoned Mine Land Takes Next Step In Centre County
-- Tribune-Democrat: Superloads Of Windmill Blades For Highland North Wind Farm To Move Through Blair, Cambria Counties Tuesday, Wednesday
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: What’s Important In Affordable Energy? A Conversation With A Carnegie Mellon Energy Justice Professor
-- EPA, Corps Of Engineers Dec. 15 Hybrid Hearing In Pittsburgh On Proposed Changes To Waters Of The US Rule
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Feb. 7 Woodlands Owners Conference At PennWest Clarion University [PaEN]
-- DCNR Names Michael Plish Manager Of Chapman State Park In Warren County
-- Dec. 12 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Available
-- The Allegheny Front: Hellbenders Share Spotlight With History At New Hellbender Preserve In Bloomingdale, Ohio
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Center Developer Tied To Projects In Archbald, Blakely Proposes Projects In Dickson City; 54 Data Center Buildings Now Proposed Across Archbald, Dickson City, Jessup In Lackawanna County [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Officials Take Trip To Virginia’s Data Center Alley [PDF of Article]
-- WNEP: Lackawanna County Leaders Learn About A.I. Data Centers On Trip To Virginia’s ‘Data Center Alley’
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill, Luzerne, Carbon County Municipalities React To A.I. Data Center Proposals [PDF of Article]
-- Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Hosts Jan. 14 Data Centers in the Susquehanna River Basin – Let's Talk Water Usage With SRBC [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania Straddles The A.I. Divide - Advocates, Concerns About Furious Pace Of A.I. Data Center Development
-- EPA Publishes Guide To Getting Air Permits For A.I. Data Center Projects
-- Utility Dive: FERC Poised To Issue Decision On Colocating A.I. Data Centers/ Large Loads In PJM Dec. 18
Today’s Oil & Gas Violations
-- Today’s Violations: DEP: Inspection of K Petroleum, Inc. conventional well in Washington Township, Westmoreland County found the well was still abandoned and not plugged for 948 days and counting. Original violations May 2023. Read more here.
-- Today’s Violations: DEP: Inspection of Michael D. Graham conventional well in Smith Township, Washington County found no evidence the owner took any action to clean up multiple wastewater spills for 209 days and counting. Read more here.
-- Today’s Violations: DEP: Complaint inspection of Medina Res Dev. Co LLC conventional well in Waterford Township, Erie County found the well abandoned and not plugged. Response requested by Jan. 10. Read more here.
Gas Explosions
-- TribLive: Some Defendants In Plum Boro Fatal Natural Gas Explosion Case Ask Judge To Dismiss Negligence Claims
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: National- $2.91 Ohio- $2.83 PA- $3.16
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - 18 - Same As Last 3 Weeks
-- Reuters: US House Passes Bill To Fast-Track Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting
Federal Administration
-- AP: Federal Judge Orders FEMA To Restore Billions In Canceled Disaster Mitigation Funding [PA Included]
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- TribLive: Springdale Police Quietly Ink Deal With Federal ICE Without Public Vote, Notice
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