-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion]
Senate Voting Schedule
Budget Hearings: Thru March 5
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
Budget Hearings: Thru March 12
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
TODAY 1:00: House Appropriations Committee budget hearing: 1:00 - Public Utility Commission. Click Here to watch live
March 16-- House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 2223 (Fiedler-D- Philadelphia) advanced transmission technologies [Draft Bill], House Bill 2225 (Davidson) virtual power plants [Draft Bill] Room G-50 Irvis Building. Noon to 2:30 p.m. Click Here to watch online.
March 18-- CANCELED. Rescheduled for April 30. DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting. 10:00 a.m. Contact: Todd M. Wallace twallace@pa.gov. (formal notice)
March 23-- House Energy Committee informational meeting on the PA Energy Development Authority. Room G-50 Irvis Building. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
March 24-- House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 2076 (Venkat-D-Allegheny) establishing a regulatory framework for geothermal energy for residential, commercial and industrial uses. Room B-31 Main Capital. 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online.
April 16-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Penn State, State College. 10:00. Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.
-- Sen. Yaw Urges FERC To Allow PJM To Keep Charging Pennsylvania Ratepayers Record High Capacity Auction Prices For Power, But Charge Other States Even More [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Needs To Act Now To Prevent A New $700 Million Increase In Electric Costs For Ratepayers - By Steve DeFrank, Chairman, Public Utility Commission [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Penguins Reduce Carbon Footprint By Buying Carbon Credits Supporting 272 Acres Of Green Space In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- City & State PA Hosts April 16 The Pennsylvania Energy Summit In Harrisburg, 8:00 to Noon
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay News Highlights Conservation District Accomplishments, Funding Opportunities, Year End Progress Reports [PaEN]
-- Volunteers Needed For March 28 Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay TreeLay Back-To-Back Tree Planting Events In Pennsylvania, MD and VA [PaEN]
-- DCNR Hosts March 26 Webinar On PA Invasive Replace-ive Program To Replace Invasive Species With Native Trees And Shrubs In Landscape Plantings [PaEN]
-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: March 28 TreeLay; Eager Beavers; Hackberry; News Around The Bay Watershed
-- The Derrick: DEP Signs Consent Order With Knox Boro To Correct Violations At The Borough’s Sewage Treatment Plant
-- Tribune-Democrat: Bottle Works, Brandywine Conservancy’s Penguin Court Farm Will Host March 14 Nature, Conservation Expo In Johnstown
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Owner Of Chester Trash Incinerator Spent $45,000 Lobbying In Philadelphia As City Council Considers Waste Incineration Ban
-- The Derrick: Volunteers From Ruffed Grouse Society Undertake Wilderness Renewal Project At Tionesta Lake
-- Williamsport Sun: Deep Green Journey Offers Nature Experiences For Visually Impaired
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Upcoming Experiences, Events In March
-- Interns Wanted: Delaware River Basin Commission Seeking Summer Interns
-- Delaware River Basin Commission And Partners To Conduct In-Person Angler Surveys About The Number, Kind Of Fish They’re Catching At Several Locations In The Watershed [PaEN]
A.I. /Data Centers
-- Pittsburgh Business Time: Former CNX Coal Mine In South Strabane Twp. Could See New Life As A.I. Data Center In Washington County
-- New Comprehensive Report Lays Out Case For 3-Year A.I. Data Center Moratorium To Be Introduced In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Financial Times: President Tells A.I. Companies They Need ‘PR Help’ Over Data Center Backlash [PDF of Article]
Train Derailments
-- WNEP: Crews Contain Fuel Leak After Train Derailment In Scranton
International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas
[Energy Independence Means Renewables]
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Regional Gasoline Prices Spike As President’s War On Iran Creates Oil Uncertainty
-- Average PA Gasoline Price Jumps 24 Cents Since Feb. 27
-- March 5: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.25 Ohio- $3.12 PA- $3.35
-- Feb. 27: Average AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $2.98 Ohio- $2.79 PA- $3.11
-- Financial Times: Coal Prices Jump As Utilities Seek Alternative To Spiking Natural Gas Prices Due US President’s War With Iran
Other States/National
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Virginia Set To Return To Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative By May To Limit Carbon Pollution From Power Plants
PA Politics - Everything Is Connected
-- PennLive: New Franklin & Marshall Poll--
-- 51% President Doing A Poor Job
-- 50% President Overstepping Constitutional Limits
-- 62% Oppose National Control Of State Elections
-- 75% Oppose ICE Entering Homes Without A Judicial Warrant
-- 55% Oppose ICE Methods To Enforce Immigration Laws
-- 57% Said ICE Agents Should Not Wear Masks
-- 47% Favor replacing ICE With New Immigration Agency
-- 53% Opposed Barriers To Voting Like Voter ID
-- Shapiro Leading Garrity 48% to 28%
-- Click Here for detailed results
-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Has 15 to 1 Fundraising Advantage Over Republican Stacy Garrity
-- PennLive - John Baer: Shapiro’s Backyard Spat Is A Sign Of The Times And A Missed Opportunity
-- Spotlight PA: Home Finance Company Offered Customers Gift Cards To Send Testimony To A PA House Committee Opposing Legislation; Lawmakers Say That’s Unethical
-- AP: Families Turn To States For Civil Rights Support As President Dismantles Education Department [PA Highlighted]
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Pharmacists Call On State To Take A Bigger Role In How They’re Paid For Medicaid Patients
-- TribLive: Hateful Broadcasts Disrupt Pittsburgh Public Safety Radio For 3rd Day
-- Inquirer: Advocates Call On Gov. Shapiro To Close Berks County Youth Center Holding Immigrant Children
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Commissioners Say It’s Governor’s Duty To Stop President’s Immigrant Detention Facility In Tremont Twp.
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna Commission Gaughan Releases ‘Confidential’ Legal Analysis Of Proposed County Ordinance Prohibiting Cooperation With President’s ICE
-- Inquirer Editorial: State, Local Officials Right To Stand Against Expanding President’s Immigrant Detention Centers
-- TribLive/AP: Fetterman Only Democrat To Vote Against Curbing President’s Power To Make War On Iran
-- TribLive/AP: Federal Judge Rules Companies Are Entitled To Refunds Of President’s Tariffs Overturned By US Supreme Court
-- Wall Street Journal: Federal Judge Orders Government To Begin Refunding More Than $130 Billion In Tariffs Illegally Imposed By President
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