Energy Costs
-- PA Capital-Star: Pain Of Soaring Gasoline, Diesel, Heating Oil, Propane Prices Compounded By Electricity, Natural Gas Increases Across Pennsylvania
-- Inquirer: How Deregulation Made Electricity More Expensive, Not Cheaper
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader/AP: Energy Fallout From President’s War On Iran Signals A Global Wake-Up Call For Renewable Energy
-- Food & Water Watch Blog: President’s War Against Iran Exposes The Lie Of How ‘Energy Independence’ Based On Oil & Natural Gas Will Lower Prices For Consumers - Prices Are Unbreakably Linked To International Markets As War Price Spikes Again Show
-- Inside Climate News: Iran War Shows That Doubling Down On Oil/Natural Gas Is ‘Delusional,’ UN Climate Chief Says
-- Bloomberg TV: As Iran War Continues, Natural Gas Prices Soar; How The Market For Natural Gas Is Being Upended By The War
Generation
-- TribLive: How Much Energy Do A.I. Data Centers Really Need? Anthropic Official Weighs In At CMU Energy Week
-- CapitolWire: Pennsylvania Scraps RGGI Carbon Market, Races To Build More Natural Gas Power Plants [For A.I. Data Centers]
-- Post-Gazette: President’s Spokesperson Announces $17 Billion South Mon Natural Gas Power Plant To Produce 4.3 GW Of Power In SW PA [No Details Available, Fetterman, McCormick Have No Information]
-- NextEra Energy Receives Approval From President For Up To 10 GW Of Natural Gas Power Generation, Including 4.3 GW Plant In SW PA [No Details On How Much Power Will Be Available To Anyone Other Than Data Centers]
-- Post-Gazette: PA Awaits Information About New 4.3 GW Natural Gas Power Plant In SW PA: ‘Will Play A Critical Role In Meeting The Rapidly Growing Electricity Demand’ [Code Words For Data Centers]
-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Center Developer Applies To Archbald Boro For Power Plant Permit Close To School, Park; Few Details Available
-- Reuters: Constellation Energy To Sell Some PJM Generation Assets To LS Power In Calpine Deal Remedy [In PA - Bethlehem, York 1, York 2, Hay Road and Edge Moor Facilities]
-- Utility Dive: US DOE Emergency Orders For Fossil Power Plants Complicate Utility Planning, Experts Say; Orders Cost Ratepayers $230 Million So Far
Grid
-- PA House Committee Hears How Virtual Power Plants, Advanced Transmission Line Technologies Allow Us To Quickly Get More Out Of Our Energy Infrastructure In Less Time, Without Huge Investments Or Delays [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Lawmakers Seek To Get More Out Of PA’s Existing Energy Infrastructure
-- The Center Square: Virtual Power Plants Up For Consideration In Pennsylvania
-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp: January’s Winter Storm Fern Was ‘Classic Near-Miss’ For US Electric Grid As Reliability Risks Are Risking
-- Scranton Times: PPL Utilities: A.I. Data Centers Are Poised To Consume More Electricity Than Northeast PA Can Deliver [PDF of Article]
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Precedent-Setting PPL Utility Rate Proposal Would Protect Residential Electricity Customers From A.I. Data Center Costs
-- Utility Dive: PPL Electric Reaches $275 Million Rate Case Settlement, Including Data Center Tariff
-- DEP Invests $10 Million To Support 6 Projects To Improve Electric Grid Reliability And Resiliency In 9 Counties [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: Winter Storms Underscore A.I. Data Center Threats To Grid Reliability, Affordability - By Mike Jacobs, Union Of Concerned Scientists
-- Reuters: Google Signs Deals With 5 Utilities To Curb A.I. Data Center Power Use During Peak Demand
Agency Actions/Public Participation
-- DEP Issued Chapter 105 Permit For Homer City Generation LP A.I. Data Center Campus Natural Gas Power Plant Site In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On A Chapter 105 Permit For The Limerick 67 MW PECO Energy Transmission Line Crossing The Schuylkill River In Chester, Montgomery Counties [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: South Strabane Twp. To Hold March 31 Hearing On A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Washington County [PDF of Article]
-- Calendar Of Data Center Meetings/Hearings - Physicians for Social Responsibility-PA
Legislation
-- PennFuture Calls For A Statewide Pause On A.I. Data Center Development Until Lawmakers Can Adopt Strict Policies To Site These Facilities Properly [PaEN]
-- City & State PA Guest Essay: PA Lawmakers Must Do More To Protect Residents From A.I. Data Centers - By Joseph Minott, former Executive Director Of The Clean Air Council
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader/AP: President Urges Congress To ‘Preempt State A.I. Laws’ That He Views As Too Burdensome
Land Use
-- Scranton Times: National Developer Spends $580 Million On Dozens Of Properties In Salem Twp. For Data Center Campus In Luzerne County [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: New Salem Twp. A.I. Data Center Developer Who Spent $580 Million For 1,700 Acres Touts Experience, Environmental Edge [PDF of Article]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: 96 Salem Twp. Landowners Complete 1,700-Acre Sale For Major A.I. Data Center Campus
-- WNEP: Massive A.I. Data Center Land Buyouts In Salem Twp. Leave Some Homeowners Worried About The Future
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: In Archbald Boro A Petition For Accountability Calling For Removal Of Council President, Solicitor, Manager, Zoning Officer Over A.I. Data Centers [PDF of Article]
-- Spotlight PA/Grist: Six A.I. Data Center Campuses Planned For Archbald Boro, Residents Are Fighting Back
-- Scranton Times: Reorganized Archbald Council To Weigh ‘Project Green’ A.I. Data Center Proposal Tonight [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Center Developer Applies To Archbald Boro For Power Plant Permit Close To School, Park; Few Details Available
-- Scranton Times: Archbald Boro Hearing Reveals The ‘Green Mountain’ A.I. Data Center Project’s Link To ‘Project Gravity’ Data Center In The Same Area
-- Scranton Times: Throop Declares Own Zoning Invalid, Buys Time To Regulate A.I. Data Centers [PDF of Article]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Dallas Twp. Supervisors Approve A.I. Data Center Zoning Amendment Despite Pushback From Residents Who Felt It Wasn’t Comprehensive Enough
-- Scranton Times: City Of Scranton To Amend Zoning Code To Regulate A.I. Data Centers [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: Northeast PA Municipalities Can Set Boundaries On A.I. Data Centers [PDF of Article]
-- Observer-Reporter: South Strabane Twp. To Hold March 31 Hearing On A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Washington County [PDF of Article]
-- Observer-Reporter: South Strabane Planners Recommend Supervisors Approve A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Washington County
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Dallas Twp. Hosting March 18 Special Meeting On A.I. Data Center Ordinance [PDF of Article]
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: With A.I. Data Center, Housing Growth Coming, Middlesex Authority Approves Boost In Water Storage In Cumberland County
-- Scranton Times: NE PA A.I. Data Centers Could Look To Abandon Mine Water To Cool Server Farms
A.I. Policy
-- Tribune-Democrat: Students Ask Governor, Attorney General To Better Educate School Communities On A.I., Don’t Support School Cell Phone Ban
-- The Center Square: PA Senate Passes A.I. Chatbot Warning Bill
-- TribLive Editorial: A.I. Regulation Learns From Social Media Mistakes
-- Post-Gazette: Are Humans Being Left Behind In The A.I. Push?
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: A.I.’s White-Collar Economic Pandemic - Kelly McKinney, NYU Langone Health
-- Washington & Jefferson Center For Energy & The Built Environment: PA Develops Responsible A.I. Adoption Plan
[Posted: March 22, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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