Energy Costs
-- Morning Call: Electricity Prices In PA Will Continue To Rise Through 2030 As PJM Regional Grid Strains To Meet Increased Demand From A.I. Data Centers
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Rising Electric Bills Cause Concern, Legislators Need To Prioritize This Issue
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Why Your Electric Bill Keeps Rising, And How Pennsylvania Can Fix It By Pairing Solar Energy With Energy Storage - By Tim Pawlenty, Solar Energy Industries Assn.
-- Wall Street Journal: President To Impose 15% Tariff, Set Minimum Prices On Solar Panels, Components [Continuing President’s Effort To Raise The Cost Of The Cheapest Electric Generation In US]
Legislation
-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In July: State Budget Leaves Data Center Issues Unresolved; Western PA Trails & Greenways Summit - Aug. 26 & 27 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Can’t Let A.I. Data Centers Write Their Own Rules - By Dana Kuhnline, ReImagine Appalachia
Grid
-- PJM Issues Hot Weather Alert Aug. 9 - 11 For Mid-Atlantic - Including PA - Southern Regions Of Service Area [PaEN]
-- PPL Electric Reports 31.8 GW In A.I. Data Center Demand Pipeline, Including 11 GW Under Signed Agreements; Its Joint Venture With Blackstone Has Secured Sites To Build Up To 14 GW Of Generation In PA [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: Texas Governor’s Pause On A.I. Data Center Grid Connections Puts 20% Of US Data Center Proposals At Risk
Generation
-- PPL Electric Reports 31.8 GW In A.I. Data Center Demand Pipeline, Including 11 GW Under Signed Agreements; Its Joint Venture With Blackstone Has Secured Sites To Build Up To 14 GW Of Generation In PA [PaEN]
-- PennFuture Blog: Bring Your Own Generation Isn’t The Solution - Homer City 3,200 Acre A.I. Data Center Case Study - Bring Your Own CLEAN Energy Is
-- PJM Accepts 715 Projects With 201.4 GW Of New Electric Generation For 1 to 2-Year Review; 39.8 GW Of Projects In PA; PJM Also Accepting State Identified Projects For Expedited Process [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: Natural Gas Dominates PJM’s First Reformed Grid Connection Queue, Driven By A.I. Data Center Demand
Land Use
-- Scranton Times: Archbald Holds 4th Hearing Today To Hear Public Comments On Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Proposal
-- Scranton Times: Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Attorneys Seek Recusal Of 6 of 7 Archbald Boro Council Members From Voting On Their Proposal
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: Data Center Developers Want 6 of 7 Archbald Boro Council Members To Recuse Themselves From Voting On Their Proposal Due To ‘Unreasonable Bias;’ ‘It’s Like Accusing A Community Of An Unreasonable Bias Against Arson’
-- Scranton Times: Archbald Boro Cancels Today’s Hearing On Project Green Mountain A.I. Data Center Proposal To Be Rescheduled In September
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Judge Allows County Housing Authority, Resident To Oppose Data Center Developer Appeal Of Archbald Boro Denial
-- Scranton Times: Moosic Boro To Weigh Comprehensive A.I. Data Center Zoning Ordinance Monday (Aug. 10)
-- Scranton Times: City Of Scranton Still Working On Regulations For A.I. Data Centers
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Receives $165,000 Proposal For A.I. Data Center Health Impact Study
-- Scranton Times: Residents Implore Lackawanna Commissioners To OK A.I. Data Center Health Impact Study Proposal
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: Jared & Ivanka Kushner Spotted In Scranton Diner; Why Would They Come To Ground Zero Of A.I. Data Center Development?
-- Morning Call: City Of Allentown Strengthens A.I. Data Center Ordinance After Public Backlash: ‘You Do Have Power, People Are Listening’
-- Morning Call: City Of Allentown Facing Pressure, Potential Legal Challenges From A.I. Data Center Developers On Review, Approvals Of Proposals, Emails Reveal
-- WHYY - Zoe Read: Plymouth Twp., Conshohocken Residents Shout, Boo, As Hearing For A.I. Data Center Proposal Begins in Montgomery County
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Rowdy Residents At Plymouth Twp. Zoning Meeting Draw Rebukes As They Push Back On Big Data Center Plan By Brian O’Neill In Montgomery County
-- Republican Herald: A.I. Data Center Developer Promises To Be Good Neighbor At Butler Twp. Meeting In Schuylkill County
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Middlesex Twp. Zoning Hearing Board Deliberately Fails To Hear Citizen Appeal Of A.I. Data Center Approval; Citizens Take Township To Court In Cumberland County
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: A.I. Data Center Developer Had A More Than A Year’s Headstart With Township Officials On Looking At Monroe Twp., Cumberland County For Data Center Project Before Public Knew
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Overflow Crowd Forces Delay In Middlesex Twp. Vote On Final Plan For First Of 3 A.I. Data Center Proposals In Cumberland County
-- PennLive: A.I. Data Center Developer Indefinitely Pauses 2 Proposed Centers In South Hanover Twp., Dauphin County
-- PennLive: West Hempfield Twp. Developing Ordinance For A.I. Data Centers In Lancaster County
-- Post-Gazette: Amazon Eyeing 3,200 Acre Homer City Data Center Site In Indiana County For Possible A.I. Data Center
-- Observer-Reporter: Today Hanover Twp. Holds Hearing On Proposed Starpointe A.I. Data Center Application In Washington County
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Washington County Data Center Proposal Draws Hundreds Of Concerned People To Hanover Twp. Meeting
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Texas Developer Plans 450 MW, 325 Acre, 7 Building A.I. Data Center Powered By Its Own Gas Power Plant In Hanover Twp., Washington County
-- TribLive: Voice Of Westmoreland Members Bring A.I. Data Center Concerns To New Kensington Council
-- Pittsburgh Media Partnership: Pennsylvania A.I. Data Center Proposals Map
Local Regulation
-- TribLive/Pittsburgh Public Source/AP: How Federal ICE Immigration Policy And An A.I. Data Center Turned Springdale, Allegheny County Into A Civic Battleground
Impacts
-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News: A.I. Data Centers - Coming To Some Of Pennsylvania’s Most Picturesque Places
-- Environmental Health Project: Resources For Communities Concerned About Health Impacts Of A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times/National Observer: The A.I. Data Center Tsunami Is Coming, But One Critical Factor Is Missing - Permanent Jobs Supported By The Millions In Public Tax Subsidies
-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Jobs, Wages Falling Behind In PA's Fracking Counties; New Data Center, Natural Gas Development Will Fail To Deliver Long-Term Economic Growth, Report Suggests
-- Wall Street Journal: How Amazon Built An A.I. Data Center In A California Town That Few Residents Knew About Until Work Began
-- New York Times: New Texas Amazon A.I. Data Center Set To Have Most Polluting Gas-Fired Power Plant In US
Public Participation/Meetings
-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For PPL Hauto Frackville Transmission Line Project To Serve A.I. Data Center In Schuylkill County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission Bushkill Falls To Birchwood Lakes Electric Substations In Pike County [PaEN]
-- DEP published notice in the August 8 PA Bulletin it has received a Notice of Intent under the Act 2 Land Recycling Program from 1000 Main St. Prop/Archbald Data and Energy Center, LLC to remediate soil impacted by volatile organic compounds, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, lead and arsenic at a site located in Archbald Boro, Lackawanna County. (PA Bulletin, page 5291)
-- PA Data Center Hearings & Meetings - Physicians For Social Responsibility PA
Politics
-- The Center Square: Latest Political Ad Titled ‘Sold Us Out’ By Republican Candidate For Governor Garrity Has Data Center Issue Center Stage
A.I./Data Center Policy
-- Wall Street Journal: UK Researchers Found Two A.I. Systems Just Went Rogue Again, This Time It Turned To Deception
-- PA Attorney General Sunday Joins Coalition Demanding Transparency From OpenAI Following An Unauthorized AI Hack Of Another Company
[Posted: August 9, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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