In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - February 2

Here are Articles and NewsClips on A.I. and data center issues from last week you may have missed--

Energy Prices

-- Gov. Shapiro Renews Call On PJM To Extend Electricity Capacity Auction Price Collar Protection To Consumers, Build Lasting Grid Reform  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: Ratepayers, Don’t Expect Electric Bill Relief In 2026: ‘The Cake Is Baked’ 

-- Bloomberg: US Natural Gas Prices Hit Three-Year High After Powerful Winter Storm Disrupts Production, Boosts Heating Demand 

-- Bloomberg: Winter Storm Tests US Power Grids As Natural Gas Price Breaks $6 For First Time Since Russia Invaded Ukraine In 2020 - 90% Increase In Last Week

-- Reuters Commentary: When The US Freezes, LNG Natural Gas Market Prices Spike Over 70%

Grid Performance

-- PJM Interconnection Cold Weather Operations To Continue Thru Feb. 2; Electricity Demands Now Projected To Be Below Record Winter Peak  [PaEN] 

-- PJM Continues Cold Weather Operations, Projects Breaking Winter Peak Demand Record Jan. 28, 29, 30  [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection Issues Maximum Generation Alert For Jan. 27, Low Voltage Alert Thru Jan. 31 And Asked Data Centers To Go To Backup Generation Across Its Entire Footprint To Ensure Delivery Of Enough Electricity  [PaEN]  

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: PJM Regional Electric Grid Withstands Strain Of Freezing Weather, So Far 

-- Bloomberg: PJM Gets US DOE OK To Divert Data Center Power To Households 

-- Utility Dive: PJM Does Not Expect To Call On Data Centers To Go To Backup Generation To Get Thru Current Cold Weather Conditions

-- Utility Dive: US DOE Expands Use Of Emergency Orders Amid Winter Freeze To Keep Power Plants Running Regardless Of Emission Limits, Require Data Centers To Use Backup Generation [PJM Highlighted] 

-- Inside Climate News: A.I. Data Centers On PJM Grid Can Rely Solely On Generators During The Cold, DOE Rules

-- Bloomberg: PJM Power Grid For 67 Million At Risk As Deep Freeze Follows Storm  

-- Utility Dive: Winter Peak Electricity Demand Could Hit New Highs, Prompting US DOE Emergency Orders [Includes PJM] 

Generation

-- Reuters: PJM Suffers 21 GW Of Power Plant Outages Representing 16% Of Demand Amid Restricted Natural Gas Supplies, Frigid Weather 

-- Reuters: New PJM Rules Favor On-Site Natural Gas Power Plants Over Renewables For A.I. Data Centers

-- Pittsburgh Public Source: Could Pennsylvania Run Out Of Electricity Due To A.I. Data Center Demands? PJM Won’t Meet Required Power Reserves Starting June 2027 

-- Spotlight PA: PJM Predicts Data Center-Driven Energy Shortfall By Mid-2027

-- Utility Dive: US Coal-Fired Generation Jumped 31%, Gas-Fired Generation Increased 14% During Winter Storm Fern: US EIA  

Grid Reliability

-- North American Electric Reliability Corp Report: Electric Power Resource Adequacy Risks Intensify Across North America As Data Center-Driven Demand Surges 24% In 10 Years  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp Forecasts Peak Demand To Rise 24% On New A.I. Data Center Loads In Next 10 Years 

-- NYT: Grids Are Surviving The Winter Storm, But NERC Warns The Next 5 Years Could Be Rough

-- Pittsburgh Public Source: Could Pennsylvania Run Out Of Electricity Due To A.I. Data Center Demands? PJM Won’t Meet Required Power Reserves Starting June 2027 

-- Spotlight PA: PJM Predicts Data Center-Driven Energy Shortfall By Mid-2027

-- The Center Square: PJM Power Grid Charts Path Forward On Integrating A.I. Data Centers Onto The Grid 

Natural Gas Availability

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Winter Storm Fern Freeze-Off Leads To 10-12% Drop In Shale Gas Supply  [PDF of Article]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Winter Storm Fern Stops Nearly All Natural Gas Going To Maryland’s Cove Point, Elba Island, Georgia  LNG Gas Export Facilities Fed By Appalachian States Shale Gas [PDF of Article]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Cove Point, MD, Elba Island, Georgia, Other US LNG Gas Export Facilities IMPORTED Natural Gas From Trinidad And Tobago Due To High Prices During Cold Weather [PDF of Article]

-- Reuters: US LNG Gas Export Plants IMPORTED Cargoes During Winter Storm As Natural Gas Prices Hit Records In US

Permits

-- DEP Issues Air Quality Permit For 15 Natural Gas Generators To Power Iron City Wells, LLC  Data Center In Karthaus Twp., Clearfield County  [PaEN]

Land Use

-- PA Capital-Star: Communities Must Prepare If They Want Any Say Over A.I. Data Centers, Lessons Of Springdale, Allegheny County 

-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: On A.I. Data Centers, Officials Need To Read The Room [PDF of Article]

-- Scranton Times: Archbald Boro To Hold Hearings TODAY, Feb. 11 On 2 Largest A.I. Data Center Proposals [PDF of Article]

-- Scranton Times: County, State Legislators Criticize Proposed Archbald A.I. Data Center Proposals In Lackawanna County [PDF of Article]

-- Scranton Times: Jermyn Boro To Hold Feb. 5 A.I. Data Center Town Hall In Lackawanna County   [PDF of Article]

-- TribLive: Feb. 1 Citizens Meeting Set To  Air Concerns About Proposed Homer City Natural Gas Power Plant, A.I. Data Center Campus  

-- York Dispatch: Developer Eyes Conewago Township For A.I. Data Center  [PDF of Article]

-- Lancaster Farming: A.I. Data Center Developers Offered Farmer $60,000/Acre; He Preserved The Land Instead In Cumberland County

-- Inquirer: Developer Looks To Expand Data Center Onto Superfund Site In East Whiteland Twp., Chester County

-- WHYY: Delaware Lawmakers Want To Protect Residents From A.I. Data Center-Driven Electricity Rate Hikes

A.I. Policy

-- Attorney General Sunday Co-Leads Letter To X-A.I. Demanding Change To Grok’s Unchecked Creation Of Nonconsensual Sexual Content 

-- Reading Eagle: Penn State Berks Campus To Hold A.I. In Manufacturing Summit

[Posted: February 1, 2026]  PA Environment Digest