PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) announced plans to introduce legislation to prohibit municipalities from receiving Act 13 drilling impact fees if they set more protective standards on the development of natural gas than required in state or federal law and while a challenge to local restrictions is being litigated. In May 2024, Sen.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

These penalties are in addition to a $670,000 civil penalty DEP accessed against Shell Falcon Pipeline and its contractor Minnesota Limited LLC for violations of its permit and other laws and regulations that occurred in 2019 and 2020 during pipeline construction. 1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4% Read more here.

Law

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The IFO projects another $100 million drop in revenue in calendar year 2024 fee revenue from 2022 to $170 million. As of October 18, DEP received 408 shale gas permit applications in the first 42 weeks of 2024. million to ensure compliance with state environmental laws and regulations. Read more here.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

MARCH 27, 2025

City of New York , plumbing and building trade groups challenged New York Citys Local Law 154 of 2021 , a piece of legislation that prohibits fossil fuel combustion in most new buildings. This blog post discusses Local Law 154, unpacks Judge Abrams decision, and ends with a refresher on California Restaurant Association v.

Law

PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2025

On May 12, Senate and House Committees held hearings on how the rapid increase in demand for electricity to power data centers filled with computers is impacting the price and availability of electricity for ordinary people on the regional electric grid operated by the PJM Interconnection. Read more here. MW-day to $269.92/MW-day--

Electricity

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This is particularly true in states restricting the ability of electricity customers to purchase electricity from entities other than the local utility. Many data center operators have 100% clean energy pledges, but regulatory barriers can make meeting these goals challenging.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2024

And it’s not just California: Battery-powered car sales are up globally , with projections showing 17 million will be sold worldwide in 2024. UCLA Law students in the California Environmental Legislation Clinic were fortunate to get to do some research work to assist in the development of the bill.) Download as PDF

Waste

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2024

The original violations for abandonment were issued on August 16, 2024 and the well owner failed to permanently plug the wells and stop the gas leaks. DEP’s inspection reports [ example ] requested the well owner to again submit a plan by November 10, 2024 on how the wells will be brought into compliance. Read more here.

2019

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

On May 21, 2024, CNX notified DEP of a spill related to the McQuay to Morris 2 and 3 shale gas wastewater pipeline, as reported in PA Environment Digest. In a June 21, 2024 response to DEP’s May 21 inspection report , CNX included a timeline of actions related to the incident that were known up until that time.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Public Utility Commission imposed its own penalties for violations under its laws. It has been penalized over $24 million for violations related to the construction of the cross-state Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline just by DEP. Read more here.

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Between one and three per cent of all energy used worldwide powers Artificial Intelligence, some of which is being used to power such essential services as revealing what your mother-in-law would look like if she were a cat.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

3,108+ Abandoned Conventional Wells DEP reported 3,108 conventional wells were cited for abandonment in the eight years between January 2017 and December 2024-- only 17% appeared to be abandoned prior to January 2017. 2,070 conventional wells-- 66% of those abandoned wells were not required to have a well plugging bond by law.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2025

The State of Renewable Energy 2025 documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the United States over the past decade and ranks states accordingly for solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations.

Renewable Energy

Law Columbia

JULY 21, 2025

At a July 10, 2025 meeting , Commissioner Judy Chang of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) argued that the United States needs to rapidly build more transmission capacity to bring new sources of electricity online. Second, New York is anticipating rapid growth of demand for electricity over the next few decades.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 26, 2024 PA Bulletin extending the three Air Quality Permits needed for the temporary operation of the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County until a full Title V Air Quality Permit can be put in place. (

2024

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Last Friday, December 20, 2024, the Sabin Center submitted an amicus brief to the New York State Court of Appeals the states highest court in support of the City of New York in Glen Oaks Village Owners, Inc., City of New York began in 2022, when a group of cooperative apartment owners filed suit seeking to invalidate Local Law 97.

Law

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

By Patrick McDonnell, CEO of PennFuture , Former Secretary of DEP This guest essay first appeared in the Observer-Reporter on October 17, 2024 Politicians often speak out against higher taxes, grocery bills, or utility rates, promising to work hard in office to prevent you from paying more. Bartolotta, Sen.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2025

2024-114-W ] The case involved a July 26, 2024 appeal to the Board by James and Barbara Ullom in East Finley Township, Washington County over a determination by the Department of Environmental Protection that CNX NV110 shale gas well pad operations did not cause the diminution of the Ulloms water supply. EHB Docket No.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

gigawatts of power due to the reduced reliability rating of natural gas power plants during the most recent PJM electricity capacity auction. And so, before the July 2024 capacity auction, PJM didn't account for this risk of simultaneous plant failures in its markets and planning. EDF said PJM could add 12.2 Read more here.] "And

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

Thank you for your leadership! -- PUC Urges Pennsylvanians To Prepare Now For Winter Storms [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp. Issues Electric Grid Reliability Warning Ahead Of Expected Winter Storm In Eastern US Starting Jan. 13 -- Pike Conservation District: Pike/Wayne Counties Contractors Workshop Feb.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2024

1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4% 1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4% Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: December 2, 2024] PA Environment Digest Decrease To 31.2% Decrease To 31.2% PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

When the job is to ensure reliable electricity for 67 million people, being largely invisible is often a sign that the system is working as it should. We act like an air traffic controller, maneuvering electricity through outages and storms across a multistate grid to match supply and demand in real time. Read more here.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2025

Data Center Infrastructure; Amazon Told PUC It Has Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal By 2040 [PaEN] DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For 72 - 2.5

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

On May 21, 2024, CNX notified DEP of a spill related to the McQuay to Morris 2 and 3 shale gas wastewater pipeline, as reported in PA Environment Digest. 1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4% 1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4% DEP May 21 inspection report. Bradford County. ( Greene County. (

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Related Articles: -- SolarBank's First 2 Community Solar Projects In PA: 13.8-Megawatt Megawatt And 7 Megawatt Projects In Lancaster County Contingent On PA Passing Community Solar Legislation [PaEN] -- USDA Announces Investment Of $24 Million In 112 Clean Energy Projects In PA; $20.5

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Dietterich - Violations - 3 Abandoned Wells November 25, 2024 follow-up inspections of three conventional wells in Allegheny and Washington counties found them all abandoned and not plugged and with violations for failure to submit production, waste generation, well integrity reports. .: Original violation December 5, 2023. Read more here.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 15, 2025

Access to fast public electric vehicle charging is consistently cited as a top concern among car buyers considering the switch to an EV. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program was established to help make progress on this issue, with a focus on travel corridors.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Butler County [Posted: October 17, 2024] PA Environment Digest Bartolotta, Sen. 16 [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network Delivers Over 36,000 Comments From Pro-Life Christians To Gov. Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2

Toxic Substances Control Act

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2025

Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. Most of these NEPA decisions entail mixed questions of law and fact. That framework is consistent with the tort law principles noted above; however, as other legal scholars have noted , the majority’s application of those principles is somewhat incoherent and inconsistent with tort law application.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

JANUARY 2, 2025

By Anders Lorenzen In 2024, the UK, the birthplace of the industrial revolution and powering modern civilisation, became the first developed economy to have completely weaned itself off coal. Ironically, Germany also imports nuclear-produced electricity from France. billion tonnes in 2024. billion tonnes in 2024.

2027

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

The capital improvements include things like a new well, new water storage tanks, replacing lead service lines, new water meters, electrical and other safety repairs to the systems. The operators of the water companies-- Randall and Kevin Rhodes-- announced they would stop operating the systems as of December 31, 2024. Read more here.]

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

On July 25, Patrick Cicero, former PA Consumer Advocate and counsel to the Pennsylvania Utility Law Project said one in five Pennsylvania households report difficulty paying energy bills and electric utility shutoffs are already up 38.1% Because we've not had new entry or very much new entry of electric generating facilities.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2025

Data Centers PJM Electric Auction Impacts: 1 In 5 PA Households Report Problems Now Paying Energy Bills; Electric Utility Shutoffs Up 38.1% So Far This Year PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 Data Centers, Rising Electricity Prices, Lagging Energy Development Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, EEA-NJ Hosts Sept.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

Working across the globe, EDF links science, economics, law and innovative private-sector partnerships to turn solutions into action. In 2024, EDF launched MethaneSAT, a satellite to measure and map methane pollution and help usher in a new era of climate accountability. With more than 3.5

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2025

4 [September 2024] [Hearing Summary] -- House Committee Hearing On Increasing Safety Setbacks Zones Around Natural Gas Facilities Heard About First-Hand Citizen Experiences On Health Impacts, From Physicians On Health Studies And The Gas Industry On Job Impacts [October 2023] -- Sen.

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

The average cost to plug a well, per the DEP, was about $110,000 in 2024. The federal government’s $76 million of help is appreciated, but at the state’s current average cost of $110,000 to plug an abandoned well in 2024, Pennsylvania has a $61.6 Obviously, money alone isn’t the only issue the state faces dealing with uncapped wells.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

Where We Are With The Issue At a June 10, 2024 hearing on House Bill 2384 (Vitali-D-Delaware) that would ban road dumping by the House Environmental Committee, DEP said, The Administration is supportive of this clear ban on the practice and views the Solid Waste Management Act as a sound vehicle for such statutory language. Read more here.

Natural Gas