PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2025

Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Residents Near PA’s 4 Operating Nuclear Power Plants Aug. Data Centers -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: ‘Do It Right, Do It Safe’ Outweighs ‘Don’t Do It’ At Public Meeting On Restarting Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Power A.I.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices In 2026 -- Reuters: Rush For Natural Gas Power Plants Drives Up Costs, Increases Delivery Times For Turbines, Other Components 3 to 5 Years -- Bloomberg: Biggest US Power Sale [PJM] To Offer Glimpse Of A.I.’s

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2025

7.8.25] -- PJM Interconnection Opens Next Electric Capacity Auction Bidding Window Of July 9 to 15 For 2026-27 Electric Delivery; Hold Your Breath! Of Energy Releases Report On Electric Grid Reliability, Security Saying Generation Growth Must Match Needs Of A.I. Data Centers; But What About ‘Ordinary People’?

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Billion To Ensure Electricity Supplies -- Reuters: Biggest US Power Grid [PJM] Auction Raises Prices By 22% To New Heights -- Inside Climate News: Are You A Customer Of PJM? Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices In 2026 -- Bloomberg: Biggest US Power Sale [PJM] To Offer Glimpse Of A.I.’s

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

12-14; July Forest Snapshot; Hope For Our Forests; Woodland Stewardship Webinar Series -- PUC Sets Hearings On Proposed Wellsboro Electric, Valley Energy Natural Gas, Citizens Electric Of 11% to 37.5% 19-21, Sept. 16-18 [PaEN] -- Registration Open!

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2025

Resource Links: -- Marcellus Drilling News: Politicians, Others Tour 2 Lithium-From-Oil & Gas Wastewater Plants In NE PA [ PDF of Article ] -- Marcellus Drilling News: Integrated Lithium Production Plant Coming To PA In 2026 Using Oil & Gas Production Wastewater [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: Avonlea Lithium Corp.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Billion To Ensure Electricity Supplies -- Reuters: Biggest US Power Grid [PJM] Auction Raises Prices By 22% To New Heights -- Inside Climate News: Are You A Customer Of PJM? Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices In 2026 -- Bloomberg: Biggest US Power Sale [PJM] To Offer Glimpse Of A.I.’s

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices In 2026 -- Reuters: Rush For Natural Gas Power Plants Drives Up Costs, Increases Delivery Times For Turbines, Other Components 3 to 5 Years -- Bloomberg: Biggest US Power Sale [PJM] To Offer Glimpse Of A.I.’s

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov. Data Centers Impacts On Electricity Grid -- PJM Interconnection Reliability Initiative Attracts 94 Applications For 26.6

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2025

7.8.25] -- PJM Interconnection Opens Next Electric Capacity Auction Bidding Window Of July 9 to 15 For 2026-27 Electric Delivery; Hold Your Breath! Of Energy Releases Report On Electric Grid Reliability, Security Saying Generation Growth Must Match Needs Of A.I. Data Centers; But What About ‘Ordinary People’?

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 19-21, Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

23 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. 4 Webinar - Rewild Your Yard: How Meadows Support Pollinators And Clean Water [PaEN] -- Call For Posters: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay 2025 Chesapeake Watershed Forum Nov. 7, 21, Sept.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

Greg Rothman (R-Cumberland) -- TribLive Guest Essay: Summer’s Triple Threat - Energy Bills Rising, Grids Straining, Help Shrinking - By Destenie Nock, Peoples Energy Analytics -- Tribune-Democrat: 114 MW Wind Farm Under Construction At Rock Run ATV Park In Cambria County [ PDF of Article ] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Eos Energy Receives $22.7

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

Residents Will Have Drinkable Water By 2026 -- Courier Times: PA State Attorney General Investigates Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leaks For Potential Environmental Crimes In Bucks County [Convicted Of Other Criminal Charges, Penalized Over $48.1 Million In Growing Greener Plus Grants From DEP -- Volunteers Needed!

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Shapiro Supports Bhutanese Refugees In Face Of Federal ICE Arrests -- PennLive: Central PA Bhutanese Detainees Moved To NJ, Told They Would Be Flown To An Unknown Destination In 72 Hours -- Post-Gazette: Gov.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Shapiro At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart Event -- City & State PA: With Amazon Data Centers Moving In, PA Lawmakers Weigh Innovation vs. Oversight In A.I.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

Acre Wildfire Near Popular Trail At Codorus -- TribLive: Under Pressure: Water Flow Issues Can Cripple Firefighters Who Rely On Patchwork Of Unregulated Hydrants -- PA Dept. Shapiro Touts Capping Of 300th Conventional Oil & Gas Well At North Franklin Twp.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

Future capacity auctions for delivery in 2026/27 and 2027/28 can still see more increases, but will have a price cap of $325/MW-day and a floor of $175/MW-day as a result of a settlement PJM entered into as a result of a lawsuit brought by Gov. MW-day to $269.92/MW-day-- MW-day-- a 933% increase. Read more here.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 16, 2025

Those include issuing executive orders that seek to hit wind power hard both offshore and on land and to prop up coal power plants , which are increasingly uneconomic (and have always been bad for public health).

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Wind power, solar energy, and battery storage together make up over 95% of the new or planned projects currently seeking grid interconnection nationally, with natural gas accounting for the remainder, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s term ends in May 2026.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

On July 22, the PJM Interconnection announced its 2026/2027 electricity auction resulted in bids for 134,311 MW of electric generation capacity at the highest price allowed under a FERC-approved market cap. The cleared resource mix includes: 45% natural gas, 21% nuclear, 22% coal, 4% hydro, 3% wind and 1% solar. MW-day and $444.26/MW-day,

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

-- PA Energy Politics -- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.07 Ohio- $2.92 At Oil/Gas Industry Conference As Presidents Tariff Policy Rattled Markets -- The Derrick: FrenchCreek Twp.,

Politics

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

Data Center, The Countrys Largest Natural Gas Power Plant [ PDF of Article ] -- TECfusions Unveils Massive 1,400-Acre Data Center Project With 3 Gigawatts Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Generation In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- DEP Issues Air Quality Permit For Nova Energy LLC Cryptocurrency Data Center In Venango County [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments (..)

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2025

The region’s strengths in high-tech education, energy (especially, we hope, nuclear power generation), access to water and, yes, even steel make it a prime candidate to become a national or international node in the developing AI economic ecosystem. GW Power Plant, Data Center Plans At Aug.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov.

Nuclear Power

Legal Planet

MAY 21, 2025

Between 2013 and 2023, the agency said, electricity prices had tracked with inflation but are now expected to rise faster than inflation through 2026. A nuclear power plant in Arizona and Sammy Roth took a tour. Trumps policies are contributing to these forecasts, despite campaigning to bring costs down.

Rainforest

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

Based on EPA’s estimates, the proposal to repeal greenhouse gas emission standards would save the power sector $19 billion in regulatory costs over two decades beginning in 2026, or about $1.2 Investment; Concerns Remain About Powering New A.I. billion a year. Shapiro Announces $20 Billion Amazon A.I.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2025

GW Power Plant, Data Center Plans At Aug. 7 Workshop -- Post-Gazette: Google To Invest Billions For Hydroelectric Power From Holtwood, Safe Harbor Dams On Susquehanna River and A.I.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Billion To Ensure Electricity Supplies -- Reuters: Biggest US Power Grid [PJM] Auction Raises Prices By 22% To New Heights -- Inside Climate News: Are You A Customer Of PJM? Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices In 2026 -- Bloomberg: Biggest US Power Sale [PJM] To Offer Glimpse Of A.I.’s

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2025

24 RiverWatch Video Report -- Centre Daily Times: Follow These Centre County Recycling Tips In 2025 -- Lock Haven Express: Penn State, DCNR Forest Health Briefing, Forest Landowners Conference March 6-8 In State College -- Jan. Ohio- $3.01 Ohio- $3.01

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Heres Why Youre Paying More -- Reuters: US Inflation Increases At Fastest Pace In Nearly 18 Months In January; Gasoline, Natural Gas Prices Up 1.8% -- US EIA Natural Gas Price Forecast For 2025 Now 21% Higher Than Last Forecast At $3.80; 2026 Forecast Now $4.20 -- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Extends Plunge From 2-Year High In Whipsaw Week -- Reuters: (..)

Politics

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy, Partners Host Stormwater Symposium March 14 At Ursinus College, Montgomery County [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts April 21 In-Person Private Water Supply Education, Water Testing Workshop In Cumberland County [PaEN] -- TribLive: Plum Creek Watershed Project Aims To Address Flooding, Pollution Concerns In Allegheny (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

18 - Energy Industry And Its Impacts On Freshwater Resources [PaEN] -- North Central Grassroots Conservation Fair March 14 Wellsboro, Tioga County [PaEN] -- PA American Water Charitable Foundation Accepting Applications For 2025 Water & Environment Grants [PaEN] -- Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grant Letters Of Intent Due Feb.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2025

7.8.25] -- PJM Interconnection Opens Next Electric Capacity Auction Bidding Window Of July 9 to 15 For 2026-27 Electric Delivery; Hold Your Breath! Of Energy Releases Report On Electric Grid Reliability, Security Saying Generation Growth Must Match Needs Of A.I. Data Centers; But What About ‘Ordinary People’?

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices In 2026 -- Bloomberg: Biggest US Power Sale [PJM] To Offer Glimpse Of A.I.’s Demand Drives Record Electric Supply Costs In Largest US Market In Blow To President’s Vow Of Lower Prices [PJM] -- Inside Climate News: Are You A Customer Of PJM?

Electricity

Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2025

Good News Renewable energy will overtake coal to become the world’s top source of electricity “by 2026 at the latest”, according to recent forecasts from the International Energy Agency , which I’ve mentioned here before.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2025

1 Due To Increased Cost Of Natural Gas -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: ‘Do It Right, Do It Safe’ Outweighs ‘Don’t Do It’ At Public Meeting On Restarting Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Power A.I. Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Residents Near PA’s 4 Operating Nuclear Power Plants Aug.

Politics