Energy Costs
-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: Competitive Power Markets Have Delivered, Abandoning Them Would Be A Mistake - By Former FERC, PA PUC Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell
-- TribLive Guest Essay: How To Save Billions On Energy Bills - Set PJM Price Cap At $175/MWday Not Present $325 - By Kevin Walker, President, Duquesne Light Co
-- Bloomberg: US Power Prices Climb 61% Faster Than Inflation As Data Center Demand Surges
-- Bloomberg: A.I. Build Out Drives 76% Power Bill Jump In PJM Electric Grid
-- Bloomberg: Clean Energy Seen As ‘Immune’ To Hormuz-Style Fossil Fuel Price Shocks
Grid
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For May 18 For Entire Footprint, May 19 For Mid-Atlantic, Southern Regions [PaEN]
-- PUC Releases Final Order Establishing First-of-Its-Kind Voluntary Large Load (Data Center) Model Tariff Framework [PaEN]
-- PUC Commissioners Tell PA US Senators Federal Permitting Reform Should Maintain State Oversight of Transmission Line Siting Projects [PaEN]
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: PECO Signs Agreements With A.I. Data Centers Requiring Them To Pay For Their Own Grid Upgrades
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Philadelphia Utility Customers Call On City Council To Help Rein In Bills: ‘The System Is Failing Us’
-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: Pennsylvania PUC Moves To Protect Utility Customers From A.I. Data Center Costs With Model Tariff
-- Financial Times: NextEra And Dominion Energy In Talks Over Merger To Create $400 Billion US Utility Giant Driven By Data Center Power Demands [PDF of Article]
-- Erie Times/USA Today: PJM Electric Grid Operator Ready For Summer, But Facing New Power Demand Pressures
-- PA Capital-Star: PJM Grid Operator Aims To Finalize Reform Strategy By Summer
-- Utility Dive: PJM Grid Operator May Be ‘Too Big To Function:’ FERC Chairman Swett
Generation
-- UGI Energy Services, Prime Data Centers Announce $100 Million Partnership To Develop New Natural Gas Infrastructure For A Power Plant To Feed A.I. Data Center Development, Likely In Cameron, Potter Or Tioga Counties [PaEN]
-- Pipeline & Gas Journal: UGI To Build Natural Gas Infrastructure To Support Large-Scale A.I. Hyperscale Data Center Campus Development In Northern Tier PA [Cameron, Potter, Tioga Counties]
-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Center Developer Seeks Approval For 3 Natural Gas Data Center Power Plants In Dickson City, Lackawanna County; Hearings Set [In Addition To Proposed 400MW Power Plant]
-- Utility Dive: Vistra Adds 4.5 GW Of Capacity To Feed Data Centers In Line With Forecasts For PJM, Texas [Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant Deal With Meta/Facebook Included]
-- Utility Dive: Constellation Energy Enters 5 GW Of Nuclear, Natural Gas, Battery Capacity In PJM Queue
-- Financial Times: NextEra And Dominion Energy In Talks Over Merger To Create $400 Billion US Utility Giant Driven By Data Center Power Demands [PDF of Article]
-- Financial Times: Data Center Companies Score Win On Claiming Clean Energy Credits To Offset Use Of Natural Gas For Power Plants
Land Use
-- The Center Square: Citizens A.I. Data Center Town Hall Speakers Criticize Industry, Shapiro, Secrecy [Vast Extent Of Intense Opposition To PA Data Center Boom Bulldozing Communities Evident In Town Hall]
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Outpouring Of Frustration Over PA’s Rapid A.I. Data Center Growth At Citizens Online Town Hall Meeting
-- Morning Call: What Can Be Done About A.I. Data Centers In Lehigh Valley? Residents Get Some Answers At PA League Of Women Voters Town Hall
-- Scranton Times: State House, Senate Candidates Stake Out Positions On A.I. Data Centers
-- Scranton Times: 16 New A.I. Data Center Buildings Proposed In Olyphant By Companies Tied To DeNaples, Missouri Firm
-- Scranton Times: Project Green Mountain A.I. Data Center Hearing In Archbald Focuses On Generators, Traffic [196 Diesel Generators, 400 MW Gas Power Plant, 51 Data Center Buildings]
-- Scranton Times: Opponents Sound Off On Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Campus Noise Projections In Archbald [588 Backup Diesel Generators Tested Monthly Exempt From Noise Limits]
-- WNEP: Noise Concerns Are Focus At Archbald A.I. Data Center Hearing
-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Center Developer Seeks Approval For 3 Natural Gas Data Center Power Plants In Dickson City, Lackawanna County; Hearings Set [In Addition To Proposed 400MW Power Plant]
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Commissioner Launches Anti-Data Center Ad Campaign With TV Spots, Website [Show Up Lackawanna website]
-- Scranton Times: Luzerne County Planners Approve Zoning Plan To Address A.I. Data Center Development
-- WNEP: Clinton Twp., Wayne County Hosts Public Comment On A.I. Data Center Ordinance Amendment
-- Indiana Gazette: Opponents Of Natural Gas Pipeline To Feed 3,200 Acre Homer City A.I. Data Center Campus 4.5 GW Power Plant Urge DEP To Deny Water Quality Permit At Hearing
-- Observer-Reporter: Amwell Twp. Supervisors Table Vote On A.I. Data Center Ordinance To Allow Community Feedback In Washington County
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Commissioners: A.I. Data Center Draft Plan In The Works
-- WFMZ: Lower Mount Bethel Twp. Supervisor Takes Stand Against Data Center Proposal In Northampton County
-- Reading Eagle: 200 MW A.I. Data Center Proposed For Former 196-Acre Titus Power Plant Property In Cumru Twp, Berks County [PDF of Article]
-- PennLive: Developer Withdraws Plan To Rezone Property To Build A.I. Data Center In South Annville Twp., Lebanon County
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Opponents Of Massive A.I. Data Center Take Last Best Shot At Stopping Middlesex Twp., Cumberland County Proposal
-- Inquirer: North Coventry Twp. Considering New A.I. Data Center Rules After Outcry Killed A Proposal In Chester County
Impacts
-- TribLive: For Residents Of Virginia’s ‘Data Center Alley,’ The Industry Underpins Economy - But With Costs
Public Participation/Meetings
-- Better Path Coalition Briefing: May 18 Webinar On Data Center Noise - Understanding Community Impacts [PaEN]
-- Clean Air Board Of Central PA To Host May 21 Community Forum On A.I. Data Centers - What Citizens Should Ask Of Data Centers In Carlisle, Cumberland County And Online [PaEN]
-- PA Data Center Hearings & Meetings - Physicians For Social Responsibility PA
Permitting
-- DEP Considering Permits For 17 A.I. Data Center Projects, Aware Of 34 Other Proposals; Data Centers In Fast Track Permitting Program Need Same Permits, Meet Same Standards As Everyone Else [PaEN]
-- EPA Issues Guidance On’Streamlining’ Air Pollution Operating Permits To Expedite Approvals
-- Inside Climate News: President’s EPA Seeks Looser Air Pollution Permitting Rules For Natural Gas Power Plants, Data Centers And Factories; Allow Construction Before Permits Are Issued
Policy
-- Spotlight PA: State Task Force Hunting Misleading A.I. Chatbots As Shapiro Administration Vows Legal Crackdown
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Guest Editorial: Data Centers Aren’t The Enemy - They’re The Future [From Bloomberg]
-- Fortune Magazine: Microsoft A.I. Chief Gives It 18 Months - For All White-Collar Work To Be Automated By A.I.
-- The Economist: Prepare For An A.I. Jobs Apocalypse - Governments Should Lay A Safety-Net
[Posted: May 17, 2026 ] PA Environment Digest
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