Energy Costs
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: What You Can Do About Your Rising Electric Bills In Pennsylvania; March 31 Means End To Winter Moratorium On Utility Shutoffs
-- TribLive Letter: PJM Is The Reason Electric Bills Are So High - By Danielle Jouenne, General Counsel, Energy Association Of PA [PA Electric, Natural Gas Utilities]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PECO Files For 11.4% Rate Increase For Natural Gas Customers, 12.5% Rate Increase For Electric Customers; Typical Customer Bill Increases $420 Annually
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: PECO Files For 12.5% Electric, 11.4% Natural Gas Rate Increases
-- PECO Files Request With PUC To Increase Electric, Natural Gas Rates
-- Scranton Times: UGI Electric Files For $17.3 Million Rate Increase, Residential Bills To Go Up 12.8%
-- UGI Electric Files For $17.3 Million Rate Increase, Residential Customers To See 12.8% Increase
Grid
-- Observer-Reporter: $1.7 Billion High Voltage Power Line Project To Cross Greene, Fayette, 8 Other PA Counties To Feed A.I. Data Centers; Consumer Advocate Opposes As Too Costly, Violates President’s Bring Your Own Power Policy [PDF of Article]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permit For Carbon Node East Development Transmission Line, Utility Crossing In Nesquehoning Boro, Carbon County To Support A.I. Data Center Development [PaEN]
Generation
-- Axios Pittsburgh: Largest Natural Gas Power Plant In PA To Provide 3,700 MW Of Power To Homer City A.I. Data Center Machines (82.2%), 800 MW (17.8%) For ‘Ordinary People’ To Use In Indiana County
-- Reuters: Constellation Energy To Ask FERC To Transfer Eddystone Delaware County Power Plant Rights To Connect To The Grid To Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Feed Microsoft A.I. Data Centers [Eddystone Is Under A DOE ‘Emergency’ Order To Stay Open To Provide Power To The Grid]
-- Utility Dive: ArcLight In Deal To Buy 2.2 GW From Infrabridge, Including Half Of Natural Gas Power Plant In Jessup, Lackawanna County To Help Power Data Centers
-- City & State PA Guest Essay: Nuclear Energy Jobs Are Back At Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant Powering Central PA Communities - By Sen. Patty Kim and Rep. Tom Mehaffie
-- MyChesco.com: House Holds Hearing On Geothermal Energy Bill, Could Reshape PA Energy Future
-- TribLive Letter: Clean, Renewable Energy Should Be Powering A.I. Data Centers - By Debra Smit, Breathe Project
Legislation
-- Inside Climate News - Kyle Bagenstose: PA Lawmakers Are Talking The Talk On A.I. Data Center Regulation, But Will They Walk The Walk?
-- City & State PA: The Battle Over A.I. Data Centers: $100 Billion Rush To Turn PA Into A.I. Engine, And The Local Efforts Trying To Stop It
-- ABC27: Lawmakers Walk At Tightrope With A.I. Data Center Expansion
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: It’s Time To Halt The A.I. Data Center Attack - By Mitch Jones, InsideSources.com
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Essay: A.I. Data Center Moratorium Would Be A Gift To China - By Donald Kimball, InsideSources.com
Land Use
-- Scranton Times: Proposed ‘Wildcat Ridge’ A.I. Data Center Acquires Nearly 500 Acres Of Land In Archbald Boro
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Dorrance Twp. Hearing On Proposed A.I. Data Center Continued Until May
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: Jenkins Twp., Holds Hearing On A.I. Data Center Ordinance, Luzerne County
-- Scranton Times: Mericle Land Eyed For A.I. Data Center Zone In Jenkins Township, Luzerne County; Amazon To Build 15 More Data Centers In Salem Twp., Luzerne County
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster A.I. Data Center Community Benefits Agreement Questioned For Being Vague Promises
-- PennLive - John Beauge: Developer Looking To Put A.I. Data Center Along Route 15 In Union County
-- WITF: Watts Twp., Perry County Residents Oppose Zoning Ordinance Allowing A.I. Data Centers
-- Post-Gazette: 400 Acre Site Of Former Pittsburgh International Race Complex In Beaver County Bought For $50 Million As Possible A.I. Data Center
-- WTAE: Hanover Twp., Beaver County Passes Ordinance To Regulate Potential A.I. Data Centers
Meetings/Hearings
-- Scranton Times: Archbald Residents To Hold April 6 Information Session On A.I. Data Centers As They Face 51 Building Proposals And A Power Plant
-- Sen. Lynda Schlegel Culver To Host April 13 Webinar With Penn State Extension On Data Center Development In PA, 6:00 p.m. [Columbia, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder]
-- Delaware, Susquehanna, Potomac River Basin Commissions To Host April 16 Data Centers - What About Water? Webinar [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: April 18 Event In Pittsburgh Will Help People Facing A.I. Data Centers In Their Communities Organize Opposition
-- PA Data Center Hearings & Meetings - Physicians For Social Responsibility PA
Public Comments
-- DEP Invites Comments On Title V Air Quality Permit Modifications For Armstrong Natural Gas Power Plant In Armstrong County To Feed A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permit For Carbon Node East Development Transmission Line, Utility Crossing In Nesquehoning Boro, Carbon County To Support A.I. Data Center Development [PaEN]
Agency Actions
-- Altoona Mirror: Susquehanna River Basin Commission Issues Water Permit To Amazon Data Services For Luzerne County Data Center
Impacts
-- WNEP: University Of Scranton Panel Warns Of A.I. Data Centers’ Impact On Environment
-- WITF/WVIA: Panel Discusses How Energy Demand From A.I. Data Centers Will Impact Pennsylvania
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Planning Determines A.I. Data Center Impacts, Researcher Tells Hazleton Chamber
-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Continuous Buzz From Massive A.I. Data Center In Vineland NJ Disrupting Sleep, Causing Anxiety; Will Be Powered By 35 Natural Gas Turbines
-- CNN: Scientists Find A.I. Data Centers Create Heat Islands, Warming Areas Around them By Up To 16 Degrees
-- Scranton Times Letter: Put A.I. Data Centers In Old Coal Mines; The Wealthy Usually Get What They Want, This Time Let’s Propose A Solution That Benefits Our Communities - By Luke Wickenheiser, Tobyhanna
A.I. Development
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Special Report: Pittsburgh Eyes Multibillion Dollar A.I. Data Center Boom [Package Of 5 Articles]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA A.I. Data Center Economic Buildout: 8,500 Temporary Jobs, 8,300 Operations Jobs, 7,196 MW Of Power Needed, $12 Billion In Annual Economic Output, If All Proposals Built
-- Bloomberg: America’s A.I. Data Center Build-Out Relies On Chinese Electrical Parts- Transformers, Switchgear, Batteries
[Posted: April 5, 2026 ] PA Environment Digest
No comments :
Post a Comment