Energy Costs
-- PUC Opens Investigation Into UGI Electric Proposed 12.8% Rate Increase [PaEN]
-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 13.1% Rate Increase Request by Peoples Natural Gas [PaEN]
-- PECO Withdraws Proposed 12.5% Electric, 11.4% Natural Gas Rate Increases From PUC Consideration [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro Demanded, And PECO Withdrew Its 12.5% Electric, 11.4% Natural Gas Rate Increase Saving PA Consumers $510 Million
-- WHYY: PECO Withdraws Its Rate Hike Case After Backlash From PA Governor, Lawmakers
-- Inquirer: PECO Withdraws Request For Double-Digit Rate Hike, After Facing Backlash
-- Utility Dive: PECO Withdraws $510 Million Rate Hike Proposals Over Affordability Concerns
-- Guest Essay: Why PJM's Price Cap On Electricity Costs Pennsylvanians - By Conservative Commonwealth Foundation [Why They Want You To Pay More For Electricity] [You Paid $28.92 In 2023, $269.92 In 2024, $329 In 2025 With Cap, In 2025 You Would Have Paid $529 Without The Cap]
-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Fearing ‘Unsustainable’ Cost Increases, PA Utilities And Lawmakers Move To Curb Payments To Smaller Than Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities
Legislation
-- House Energy Committee Reports Out GeoThermal Energy, Advanced Transmission Technology, Energy Financing Authority Bills [PaEN]
-- PA House Passes Bills To Develop Model Zoning Ordinance To Help Local Governments Regulate, Mitigate The Impacts Of A.I. Data Center Developments; Report Water, Energy Use [PaEN]
-- PennLive: PA House Passes Bills Targeting A.I. Data Center Zoning, Power And Water Use
-- The Center Square: PA Lawmakers, Local Residents Grapple With A.I. Data Center ‘Reckless Gold Rush’ [Model Zoning Ordinance, Water/Energy Bills]
-- PA House Blue-Green Labor, Environmental Caucus Endorses 9-Bill Package To Expand Clean Energy Generation, Strengthen Workforce [PaEN]
-- WHYY: PA Democratic Lawmakers [In Blue-Green Caucus] Push Package of Bills Aiming To Reduce Energy Costs
-- Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee another hearing April 28 on electric generation resource adequacy, PJM market update, barriers to entry for new power generation. Energy Innovation Center, 1435 Bedford Ave., Pittsburgh. 10:00 a.m. Watch online.
-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Republican Sen. Coleman Calls For Giving Local Governments Authority To Put A Moratorium On A.I. Data Centers While They Revise Zoning Ordinances
-- Morning Call: Republican Sen. Coleman Pitches Idea To Repeal Of State A.I. Data Center Development Tax Breaks
-- Rep. Craig Williams (R-Delaware) Introduced Legislation Requiring A.I. Data Centers To Pay All the Costs Associated With Connecting To The Electric Grid [House Bill 2372]
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: As Tech Groups Predict Huge Pennsylvania A.I. Data Center Growth, Critics Say Some Bills Would Reduce Local Control; One State Senator Plans 3-Year Moratorium
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Don’t Bet PA’s Future On A.I. Data Centers, Here’s A Better Idea - Semiconductors - By Justin Wagner, Candidate For Congress
Generation
-- DEP Issues 2nd Air Quality General Permit For Diesel-Fired Nonroad Engines At Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Developer Of Archbald A.I. Data Centers And One Power Plant Proposes Building 3 More Power Plants In Dickson City; Hearings Set April 27, May 13
-- Utility Dive: PJM Proposes Adding 14.9 GW With Bilateral Contracts, Central Procurement; Will Help Match Data Center Buyers To New Electric Generation
-- Report: President Canceled 28.2 Gigawatts Of US Electric Generation- Funding For 13 Gigawatts Lost In Pennsylvania- In Face Of Unprecedented A.I. Data Center Demand, Grid Reliability Concerns [PaEN]
-- Shapiro Administration Secures $14 Million From US DOE For Enhanced GeoThermal Systems Pilot Demonstration Project In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant Proposes Workaround To 2027 Restart Barrier; Federal Approval Needed
-- TribLive Guest Essay: This Summer, Your Air Conditioner Is Going To Compete With An A.I. Data Center For Power - By Destenie Nock, Carnegie Mellon University
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Our Energy Future Is ‘Made In PA’ - Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - By Kate Harper & Conor Lamb, Energy Future PA [TMI Electricity Will Power Microsoft Data Center Machines, Not For People]
Grid
-- Spotlight PA: Gov. Shapiro Repeats Threat To Pull Pennsylvania Out Of PJM Regional Grid Operator, If Electricity Costs Keep Rising
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Electric Transmission Line Company Wants Authority To Condemn Property From PA PUC For Proposed Power Line In SW PA To Feed A.I. Data Centers In Virginia
-- Williamsport Sun: PPL Electric President Says A.I. Data Centers Require ‘Major Investment’ In Electric Grid [PDF of Article]
-- Republican Herald: PPL To Hold April 23 Information Session For Sunbury-Frackville Transmission Line Project For ‘New Customer’ In Butler Twp.
-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Electric Utilities Want Ratepayers To Foot The Bill For Their Power Plant Ambitions - By James H. Cawley, Former Chair of PA PUC
-- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission To Take Action On A.I. Data Center Interconnection Regulations By June 2026
Land Use
-- Scranton Times: Developer Of Archbald A.I. Data Centers And One Power Plant Proposes Building 3 More Power Plants In Dickson City; Hearings Set April 27, May 13
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: PA Sen. McCormick Defends Data Centers On ‘CBS Sunday Morning;’ 500+ Riled-Up Archbald Residents Loudly Opposed Wildcat Ridge Data Center Proposal Monday Night [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: Largest Crowd Yet Shows Up To Oppose Archbald A.I. Data Centers
-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Center Proposed In Newton Twp., 2nd For the Abingtons In Lackawanna County
-- Scranton Times: Olyphant Boro Invalidates Own Zoning To Buy More Time To Regulate A.I. Data Centers [Throop Boro also invalidated its own ordinance for same reason]
-- Observer-Reporter: North Franklin Twp. Adopts Ordinances Regulating A.I. Data Centers, Electric Generation In Washington County
-- York Daily Record: East Manchester Twp. Sets Strict Zoning Limits For A.I. Data Centers In York County
-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: A York County Farmer’s Perspective On The A.I. Data Center Dispute In Conewago Township - By Jamie Noerpel, York County Writer & Historian [PDF of Article]
-- The Center Square: ‘I Don’t Want You’ Say Residents Fuming Over A.I. Data Center Farm Takeovers In Northampton County
-- Reading Eagle: Township Officials In Berks County Look To Limit A.I. Data Center Development
-- Courier Times: Amid Community Protest, West Rockhill Twp. Approves A.I. Data Center Rules In Bucks County
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Commissioners Hear Proposal For A.I. Data Center Moratorium
-- Centre Daily Times: What Are Centre County Townships Doing To Prepare For A.I. Data Centers [Video]
-- WPost: A Rural County In Maryland, Promised A Park, Fears A A.I. Data Center ‘Freight Train’
-- TribLive/AP: A.I. Data Center Boom Meets Resistance In Maine As Lawmakers Pass Yearlong Freeze
Public Participation
-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Wastewater Permit For Restart Of Constellation Energy’s Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Encroachment Permit For Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission, LLC Project To Rebuild Power Lines To Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Stormwater Permit For SNA North LLC/QTS A.I. Data Center Project In Salem Twp., Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- PA Data Center Hearings & Meetings - Physicians For Social Responsibility PA
Education
-- Center For Rural Pennsylvania April 17 Hearing On A.I. Data Centers, Coolidge Theatre At The Deane Center, Wellsboro, Tioga County. Watch On-Demand.
-- The Center Square: Center For Rural PA Told Rush To Build A.I. Data Centers Spawns Uncertainty, Confusion, Lack Of Transparency In Communities
-- Better Path Coalition To Host May 13 A.I. Data Centers Virtual Town Hall Meeting, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
-- Penn State Extension: A.I. Data Centers - A Guide To Common Questions
-- Washington & Jefferson College: New Report By Pittsburgh Technology Council - Pennsylvania Builds The Cloud: Manufacturing, Energy, Data Center Development
A.I. Policy
-- Gov. Shapiro Releases Findings Of Pilot ChatGPT A.I. Pilot Project Involving 3,000 State Employees, 35 Agencies
-- TribLive: A.I. ChatBots Give Misleading Medical Advice 50% Of The Time, Study Finds
-- The Economist: America Wakes Up To A.I.’s Dangerous Power; Should A Handful Of Men Be Entrusted With The World’s Most Potent New Technology?
[Posted: April 19, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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