Energy Costs
-- Public Utility Commission To Hold Nov. 17 Technical Conference On Utility Costs Driven By A.I. Data Centers, Other Large Loads [PaEN]
-- PennLive/Spotlight PA: Who Should Pay For Low-Income Electric, Natural Gas Bill Assistance? In PA It All Falls On Residential Customers [Should Data Centers That Are Increasing Bills Pay?]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvanians Need Stronger Protections From Variable Electric, Natural Gas Rates Charged By Suppliers - By Andy Tubbs, Energy Association of PA [Public Utilities]
-- Post-Gazette: Home Heating Oil Prices In Western PA Have Ballooned, Diesel Prices Are Highest In 48 Years
-- TribLive: $6 Per Gallon: Heating Oil Prices Spike As Global Supply Chokes
-- Utility Dive: North Carolina Utility Regulator Denies Duke Energy Natural Gas Power Plant Over ‘Staggering’ Cost, Uncertain Need
Legislation/Accountability
-- PA Farm Bureau Supports Pause On A.I. Data Center Development, Issues Policy Paper On Why A Pause Is Needed [PaEN]
-- NBC10: PA Senate Republican Leader, House Democratic Speaker Reject A.I. Data Center Moratorium Legislation
-- The Center Square: A.I. Data Center Court Fights Fester As PA Lawmakers Return To Session
-- Altoona Mirror - Robert Swift: PA House Energy Committee Chair Rep. Fiedler Drafting Legislation To Give Gov. Shapiro’s Data Center Executive Order Some Teeth
-- The Center Square: PA Sen. McCormick Floats Dedicated Department To Handle A.I.
-- The Allegheny Front: PA Leaders Weigh In On A.I. And Data Centers At Pittsburgh Conference Last Week
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Virginia Governor Creates Data Center Accountability Policy
-- PA Capital-Star: New Data Centers In Maryland To Get Additional Scrutiny Under Governor’s Order
Grid
-- Feature: PJM Independent Market Monitor Recommends FERC Reject PJM's Interim Resource Adequacy Proposal Because It Just Punts Issues Of Who Gets Curtailed And Who Pays To The States - By Rob Altenburg, Attorney, Energy Analyst
-- AP: US DOE Will Spend $2 Billion To Squeeze An Additional 23 GW Of Electricity From Aging Power Grid
-- PA Capital-Star: US DOE Unveils Project To Squeeze More Juice Through Existing Power Lines; PPL To Receive $71.5 Million Grant
-- PPL Electric: $71.4 Million: Montour-Glen Brook-Susquehanna Corridor Transmission Line Project
-- PPL Electric Awarded $71.5 Million US DOE Grant For Montour Transmission Line Resilience And Advanced Reconductoring Project
-- Morning Call: US DOE To Give PPL Up To $71.5 Million To Boost Grid, Avoid A.I. Data Center-Related Blackouts
-- Duquesne Light Company: $22.2 Million: Dynamic Grid Controls, Strategic Upgrades
-- Fox News Guest Essay: The Large-Scale Electric Transformers That Keep America Alive Are Failing, And We Forgot How To Replace Them
Generation
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Allegheny Conference’s First Nuclear Energy Summit Oct. 14 Will Take The Temperature Of Nuclear Industry
-- Utility Dive: North Carolina Utility Regulator Denies Duke Energy Natural Gas Power Plant Over ‘Staggering’ Cost, Uncertain Need
Land Use
-- Scranton Times: Valley View School District Lawsuit Could Halt Project Gravity A.I. Data Centers In Archbald Boro
-- Scranton Times: Archbald Boro Drafts New, Stricter Standards For A.I. Data Centers In Lackawanna County
-- Scranton Times: Maryland Developer Applies For 200,000 Square Foot A.I. Data Center In Jessup Boro, Lackawanna County
-- Scranton Times: Benton Twp. Approves Data Center Ordinance; Residents Say It Doesn’t Go Far Enough In Lackawanna County
-- The Citizens’ Voice: One Of 2 A.I. Data Center Developers Backs Out Of Sugarloaf Twp. Proposal; Property Owners, Other Developer Continuing To Push For Zoning Changes To Allow Data Centers In Luzerne County
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Salem Twp Planning Board To Vote 3rd Time Thursday [Sept. 24] To Approve Expanding Data Center Zoning In Luzerne County
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Salem Twp. Planning Votes Again To Expand A.I. Data Center Zoning Overlay To Accommodate A $1.4 Billion Data Center Project; Issue Now Moves To Supervisors
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Salem Twp. Planners OK A.I. Data Center Expansion For 3rd Time; 2 Previous Approvals Were Overruled In Court Over Sunshine Law Violations
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Plains Twp. Weighs Data Center Zoning In Luzerne County: ‘This Isn’t Something We’ve Ever Taken Lightly’
-- Scranton Times: Plains Twp. Holds Hearing On A.I. Data Center Zoning Overlay Leading To Rumors Of An Incoming Data Center Development Proposal In Luzerne County
-- Morning Call: Lehigh Valley Planning Commission Says A.I. Data Center Proposals In Allentown/Bethlehem Missing Key Information
-- Morning Call: Republican Sen. Colman, Opponent Join Opposition To South Whitehall Twp. A.I. Data Center Proposal Near High School In Lehigh County
-- Republican Herald: Kline Twp. Supervisors To Vote Next Week On Amazon Data Center Proposal In Schuylkill County
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Link Logistics Testing Waters For A.I. Data Center 100 Feet From Homes In Trainer Boro, Delaware County
-- Muncy Township, Lycoming County Residents, Groups File Lawsuit Challenging A.I. Data Center Proposal Saying ‘Deemed Approved’ Provision Of Municipalities Planning Code Is Unconstitutional
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Cumberland County Court Denys Request To Halt Work On A.I. Data Center Project In Middlesex Twp. While Citizens Appeal Being Heard
-- PennLive: Developer Presents 2nd Plan For A.I. Data Center To Swatara Twp. At Former Highlands Golf Course In Dauphin County
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Florida Developer Planning A.I. Data Center/Power Plant Complex In Forward Twp., Butler County; Township Hearing Thursday [Sept. 24]
-- WPXI: Massive A.I. Data Center Proposed In Forward Twp., Butler County
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Council Unanimously Bans Large A.I. Data Centers On County Property
-- Observer-Reporter: Monongahela Twp. Residents Seek More Chances For Input To ‘Project Hummingbird’ A.I. Data Center/Power Plant Complex Project In Greene County
-- Observer-Reporter: Developer’s Engineer Testifies About Natural Gas Power Plant Complex At Starpointe Data Center Hearing In Hanover Twp., Washington County
-- Observer-Reporter: North Strabane Twp. Working To Draft A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Washington County
- Pittsburgh Media Partnership: Pennsylvania A.I. Data Center Proposals Map
Developers
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: A.I. Data Center Developers Should Learn From Shale Gas Industry On How To Handle Public Controversy And Regulations Amid Public Backlash [PDF of Article]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Data Center Developers Tell Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Conference Transparency, Empathy, Deep Pockets Key To Winning Over Hearts And Minds In The New Climate For Data Centers
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Pennsylvania’s A.I. Data Center Boom Is Repeating Old Patterns Of Exploitation
-- We’ve Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: There Are Genuine Reasons For Secrecy Surrounding Acquisition Of Land And Construction Of Data Centers And Nondisclosure Agreements - By Matt Putnam, National Taxpayers Union Foundation
-- PennLive: A.I. Data Center CEO Arrested On PA Turnpike After Police Say He Fatally Shot His Wife
Impacts
-- Inside Climate News: Could Abandoned Mine Lands House Pennsylvania’s Unwanted Data Centers? [Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Issues Cautions About This Complex Mined Landscape]
-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: Powering A.I. - Infrastructure, Innovation And Regional Readiness
-- Bloomberg: A.I. Data Centers Release Heat, Posing New Problem For Cities
Permits
-- Indiana County Conservation District Issues 2 PAG-02 Stormwater General Permits For Homer City A.I. Data Center/Power Plant Complex In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Chapter 105 Permits For Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission 150 Mile Piney-Seward And Erie South Piney Transmission Line Project Crossing 8 Counties [PaEN]
Public Participation/Meetings
-- DEP Invites Comments On Stormwater Permit For Construction Of 2 Data Center Buildings, Electric Substation In Sharon City, Mercer County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For Installation Of 156 Diesel Generators At The Greenfield Road Owner, LLC Phase 2 Data Center Project In City Of Lancaster [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Individual Stormwater Permit For PECO Energy Electric Substation, 230 kV Transmission Line Project Crossing Schuylkill River In Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvanians Are Finding Their Voices Again On Environmental, Energy Issues They Care About [PaEN]
-- PA Data Center Hearings & Meetings - Physicians For Social Responsibility PA
A.I. Policy
-- TribLive Editorial/Baltimore Sun: A.I.’s Logic Is No Substitute For Human Emotion
[Posted: September 26, 2026] PA Environment Digest
No comments :
Post a Comment