Energy Costs
-- Spotlight PA: State Lawmakers Want To Lower Electric Bills By Cutting Gross Receipts Tax, But The Budget Impact Might Be Too Big To Swallow
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: How The Heatwave Is Straining Pittsburgh’s Electric Grid
-- Bloomberg: Power Prices Soar As Energy Emergency Grows In PJM, US Northeast; PJM Electricity Prices Exceed $2,500/MWhour
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: How To Find A Better Electric Rate In Pennsylvania
-- Canary Media: Mid-Sized, Community Solar Energy Facilities Could Help Bring Down Electricity Bills In Pennsylvania [No Fuel - No Price Spikes]
-- Energy Efficiency Alliance Releases 15 New Case Studies Showing How Southwest PA Businesses, Organizations Are Saving On Energy Bills Thanks To Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency [No Fuel - No Price Spikes] [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Natural Gas Powers The Region, So Why Are Pennsylvanians Paying More? - By Sen. Kim Ward [Reality - Data Center Demand Spikes, 60% Of Electric Comes From Natural Gas And Its Price Spikes]
Legislation
-- Senate Committee Moves Bills Authorizing Individual Municipalities To Enact Moratoriums On Consideration Of A.I. Data Center Proposals-- After Voting Down A Statewide 3-Year Moratorium [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: Individual Municipal A.I. Data Center Moratoriums Get Support In Republican-Run PA Senate
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Instead Of Diving Headfirst - PA Lawmakers Must Pass A Full Moratorium On Considering Hyperscale A.I. Data Center Proposals - By Ginny Marcille-Kerrslake, Food and Water Watch In West Whiteland Twp.
-- House Committee Amends Senate-Passed Tax Code Bill On Data Centers, Then Adjourned To Sept. 28 [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: House Passes [3rd] Bill Putting Conditions On Qualifying For State Sales Tax Exemption For Data Centers, Including A Ban On Nondisclosure Agreements
-- PennLive: With A.I. Data Centers In Mind, PA House Votes 193-9 To Close Sunshine Act Public Meeting Notice Loophole After PA Supreme Court Ruling [House Bill 2146] [Senate Passed Senate Bill 1150 In June]
-- PA House Republicans Unveil Energy Package To Eliminate Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards; Take Away Citizen Appeal Rights; Eliminate Right Of Citizens To Petition For Rule Changes; Limit Environmental Standards To Federal Standards [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Garrity And Shapiro Have Accused Each Other Of Flip-Flopping On A.I. Data Centers - Are They Both Right?
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Technology Council Calls For Immediate Pause On A.I. Data Center Legislation [Let A.I. Data Centers Run Over Communities And Do Whatever They Want]
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Tech Council Urges Pause On Legislation Regulating A.I. Data Centers To Protect Manufacturing Jobs [No Consideration Of What Delay Would Cost Communities, People]
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Tech Community To Shapiro, Lawmakers: Wait On A.I. Data Center Rules [Impact Of Delay On Communities, People Not Considered]
Generation
-- York Daily Record: Firefighters Battle Blaze At The 839 MW Hunterstown Natural Gas Power Plant In Adams County
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Three Mile Island Nuclear Data Center Power Plant Clears Major Hurdles To Restart, Promises Hundreds Of [Temporary] Skilled Trades Jobs - By Rob Bair, President PA State Building & Construction Trades Council
Grid
-- PUC Invites Comments On Potential Regulations For Interconnecting Electric Loads, Including Large Loads, Like Data Centers [PaEN]
-- PJM Hot Weather Alert Remains In Place For July 4 For Entire Service Area, July 5 For Mid-Atlantic And Dominion Energy Transmission Zones [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: PECO Electric/Natural Gas Company Workers On Strike - IBEW Local 614- First In Company History; Company Says There Should Be No Service Disruptions
-- WHYY: PECO Electric/Natural Gas Company Workers On Strike July 4th For First Time In Utility’s History [During Extreme Heat Wave]
-- PJM Activated Pre-Emergency Demand Response Program To Increase Reserve Generation; Again Extends Maximum Generation And Load Management Alerts To July 3 [PaEN]
-- PJM Extends Maximum Generation And Load Management Alerts To July 2; Forecast Power Peak On July 2 Still Above All Time Record [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Maximum Generation, Load Management, Low Voltage Alerts For July 1; Received Emergency Order To Put Data Centers On Backup Generators; Forecasts Peak Power Above 2006 Record For July 2 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: PJM Gets Green Light To Push Data Centers Onto Back-Up Power During Heat Wave
-- PA Capital-Star: Amid High Heat, Power Demand In PJM Territory Could Set Records
-- WPXI: Beaver County Community Sweats It Out During Day-Long Blackout Amid High Temperatures
-- TribLive: More Frequent Heat Waves Tax Power Systems, Increasing Demand
-- NRDC: PJM Membership Votes On Recommendations To Help Prevent A.I. Data Centers From Overloading The Electric Grid; PJM Board Will Have Final Say [PaEN]
-- The Citizens Voice: Residents Voice Opposition To Paying For PPL’s Data Center Power Line Plan At PUC Hearing In Hazleton, Luzerne County
-- PA Capital-Star: Advanced Electricity Transmission Tech Could Cut Costs For Consumers, Advocates Say; PA House Passed Bill To Assess Its Uses In Building New Power Lines
-- Utility Dive: PJM Opposes Connection Review Waiver For $2 Billion Gas-Fired Power Plant In Ohio In Fast-Track Interconnection Review
Land Use
-- Scranton Times: Jessup Boro Considers Suing State Over Not Considering Cumulative Impact Of 7 A.I. Data Center Projects In Their Community: ‘Say Yes Or Get Sued Into Oblivion’
-- Scranton Times: A.I. Data Center Developer Appeals Dickson City Zoning Board Decision to Uphold Zoning Regulations To County Court To Build 4 Data Centers In Lackawanna County
-- The Citizens Voice: Residents Voice Opposition To Paying For PPL’s Data Center Power Line Plan At PUC Hearing In Hazleton, Luzerne County
-- Times News: Palmerton Borough Adopts Ordinance To Regulate A.I. Data Centers In Carbon County
-- Republican Herald: Six A.I. Data Center Hearings Set For Next 8 Days By PUC, Kline Twp. Planning Commission In Schuylkill County
-- Republican Herald: Foster Twp., Schuylkill County Approves Ordinance Regulating A.I. Data Centers
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Police Remove Former Rep. Eachus From Amazon Data Center Hearing In Kline Twp., Schuylkill County
-- The Shenandoah Sentinel: Former Rep. Todd Eachus Dragged Out Of Kline Twp. Planning Commission Hearing On A Proposed A.I. Data Center Development In Schuylkill County
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Commissioners Again Hear Concerns About A.I. Data Centers
-- Reading Eagle: A.I. Data Center Developer Appeals East Vincent Twp. Denial Of 1.9 Million Square Foot Data Center In Chester County
-- PennLive: How To Get A Refund From Dauphin County Golf Course Closing To Become Site Of A.I. Data Center
-- PennLive: Proposed A.I. Data Center Ordinance Meeting Draws 100+ To South Hanover Twp. Meeting In Dauphin County
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Middlesex Twp. A.I. Data Center Project Gets More Green Lights For 2nd Of 3 Data Center Campuses Even As Legal Hurdles Loom In Cumberland County
-- WPSU: Possibility Of A.I. Data Centers In Gregg Twp., Union County Sparks Public Pushback
-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport City Council Declared City Zoning Ordinance Invalid As Step Toward Developing A.I. Data Center Ordinance
-- ExploreJeffeersonPa.com: A.I. Data Center Debate Heats Up In Jefferson County Over Massive Water Demands
-- Pittsburgh Media Partnership: Pennsylvania A.I. Data Center Proposals Map
Permits Issued
-- DEP Issues 2 Chapter 105 Permits For Project Hazelnut A.I. Data Centers Offsite Utilities In West Hazleton Borough, Luzerne County [PaEN]
Public Participation/Meetings
-- PUC Invites Comments On Potential Regulations For Interconnecting Electric Loads, Including Large Loads, Like Data Centers [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For Keystone Coal-Fired Power Plant In Armstrong County [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Six A.I. Data Center Hearings Set For Next 8 Days By PUC, Kline Twp. Planning Commission In Schuylkill County
-- PA Data Center Hearings & Meetings - Physicians For Social Responsibility PA
Opposition
-- Inside Climate News: Echoes Of The Past In PA Coal Towns’ Fight Against A.I. Data Centers
Impacts
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: New Environmental Integrity Project Report Shows How Gas/Fossil Fuel Power Plants Would Significantly Increase Pollution In Pennsylvania
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Integrity Project Report Details Climate And Health Impacts Of Natural Gas Power Plants For PA Data Centers: ‘Fossil Fuels Should Not Power A Technology Of The Future’
-- Fortune Magazine: A.I. Data Centers Are So Hot Their ‘Heat Island’ Effect Is Raising Temperatures Up To 6 Miles Away
-- Bloomberg: Amazon, Google Report Carbon Emissions Spike With Runaway Growth Of A.I. Data Centers
-- Wall Street Journal: A.I. Data Centers Use Far More Water Than Most Tech Giants Report
A.I. Policy
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pope Leo’s A.I. Warning Isn’t Just For Catholics - It’s For Everyone - By Most Reverend Timothy C. Senior, Bishop Of Harrisburg
[Posted: July 5, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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