PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2025

John Quigley , Senior Fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, said, “I think we should brace ourselves for continued high energy prices and more cost increases. PJM remains overly dependent on fossil fueled generation. So, electricity prices are going nowhere but up.” Read more here.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2025

On May 28, consumer and clean energy advocates from Pennsylvania and New Jersey gathered outside the headquarters of electric grid manager PJM Interconnection in Montgomery County to urge PJM leadership to do more to protect family budgets and bring more clean, affordable energy to the electric grid as quickly as possible.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2025

The uprates total 2,108 MW of unforced capacity (UCAP), or the amount of energy a resource can be expected to provide during times of highest system reliability risk. Most of the projects, or 90%, are expected to be online by 2030. The new projects would contribute 7,253 MW of UCAP, for a combined total of 9,361 MW.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

Advocates Put Out A Call To Action -- Lead Counsel On Court Cases Striking Down Provisions In Act 13 To Preempt Local Regulation Of Oil & Gas Operations Raises Concerns About Proposed Legislation Establishing A RESET Board To Site Large Energy Projects [PaEN] -- TribLive: Plum Zoning Board Rejects Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well After Lengthy (..)

Greenhouse

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

Shapiro's 'Lightning' Energy Plan To Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs, Protect Pennsylvania From Global Energy Instability [PaEN] -- PUC Hearing On Data Center Growth Impacts Finds 30-40% Of Utility Demand Could Be From Data Centers; Concerns About Stranded Costs; Major Commitments To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Energy Use [PaEN] -- Gov.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2025

Staneck noted the PJM Reliability Resource Initiative just selected 51 shovel-ready projects that will bring 9,300 MW of power to the grid by 2030 to help meet this rising demand. So, the RRI [Reliability Resource Initiative] projects, we hope that they're all online or at least most of them are online by 2030, five years from now.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

PJM Overview Electricity prices in PJM, which serves all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, are rising dramatically due to a failure to transition to clean energy. Lack Of Clean Energy Transition The fundamental reason behind the price spike is the lack of a clean energy transition in PJM.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

APRIL 24, 2025

It’s a tribute to the significance of state climate policies that Trump devoted an entire executive order to excoriating them as “fundamentally irreconcilable” with his own, fossil-fuel promoting, energy policy. MINNESOTAThe utility commission approved an Xcel Energy plan to achieve 100% clean power by 2035.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

GW To Move Forward To Address Near-Term Electricity Demand Growth-- 39 Upgrades, 12 New Construction [PaEN] -- PJM Releases List Of 51 Fast Tracked Power Projects To Provide 9.3 GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 GW [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction Price 9 Times Higher Than Previous Auction-- $269.92/MW-Day

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

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Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

"Critically, this buys PJM and project developers much-needed time to process the interconnection queue and build the storage, wind, and solar resources that will keep the system reliable well into the 2030’s," said NRDC.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2025

On May 8, the Pittsburgh 2030 District , a project of the Green Building Alliance , released its 2024 Progress Report , revealing the District property partners reached a 52.3% reduction in carbon emissions in 2024, or 406,000 metric tons of CO2e emissions avoided. reduction in energy usage, saved $44.2

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

GW To Move Forward To Address Near-Term Electricity Demand Growth-- 39 Upgrades, 12 New Construction [PaEN] -- PJM Releases List Of 51 Fast Tracked Power Projects To Provide 9.3 GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 GW [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction Price 9 Times Higher Than Previous Auction-- $269.92/MW-Day

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2025

Million In Energy Costs In 2024 [PaEN] -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Critics Slam Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant For Not Reporting Fire In Damaged Unit 2 Reactor Building Feb. And Saved $44.2

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2025

GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 And Saved $44.2 GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 And Saved $44.2

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

Of Justice Not Ready To Proceed With Agreement Over Federal Investigation Of Asbestos Management Process In Philly Schools -- Gov.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2025

The benefits resulting from energy source diversification to include additional reliable clean energy sources does not diminish the role of other Pennsylvania energy sectors. Our current crisis demonstrates that the initial clean energy goals established under AEPS were far too modesttotaling only 8 percent.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

At AWS, we share these concerns and are committed to being responsible partners in grid development and energy consumption. We've demonstrated this commitment through our Climate Pledge goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. In 2007, Google committed to carbon neutrality in its operations.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

PJM, the company that manages the regional electric grid, has projected a 30- to 40-gigawatt energy shortfall (the equivalent of 30 million homes!) in our region by 2030 as building electrification, EVs, and most importantly, data centers soak up enormous amounts of electricity.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

Pennsylvania has historically been an energy leader, but were falling behind other states in the necessary transition to clean energy. GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 And Saved $44.2

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

Shapiro Provides Update On The Fight To Lower Energy Prices, Calls On General Assembly To Move His Commonsense Lightning Energy Plan [PaEN] -- PA Elected Officials, Consumer, Clean Energy Advocates Demand Electric Grid Operator PJM Act To Hold Down Electricity Costs [PaEN] -- Bloomberg: US DOE Orders 760 MW Eddystone Peaking Power Plant In Delaware (..)

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 17, 2024

year the vehicle is purchased): 2023, 2027, 2030, 2035. In addition to the vehicle characteristics, we also considered different energy futures. First, we considered both an electric grid consistent with todays policies (business as usual), using data from the Energy Information Administration.

2027

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2025

And Saved $44.2 GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 GW [PaEN] -- Fox45: PA Republican Sen. And Saved $44.2 GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 GW [PaEN] -- Fox45: PA Republican Sen.

Conservation

Legal Planet

JANUARY 15, 2025

We predicted expenditures much higher than originally forecast by the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation, and we also expected to see a lot of emissions reductions but not enough to get to a 50% cut. The US Nationally Determined Contribution is a 50% reduction from 2005 levels by 2030}.

Fossil Fuels

Scientific American

JULY 16, 2025

The groups initial modeling results did not report changes in costs or emissions. The Repeat Project, an academic group led by Princeton University professor Jesse Jenkins, echoed many of Rhodiums findings.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

. -- Increase the use of these resources will lessen Pennsylvanias reliance on foreign sources of energy. -- The diversification of energy generation by supporting a broad cross-section of clean energy technologies. Read more here. ] GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2 And Saved $44.2 And Saved $44.2

Air Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Additionally, long-term energy plans consider how utilities will operate their existing power generating facilities and what type of new facilities they might build and when. DTE’s goal is to reach “net-zero” emissions by 2050 while reducing its carbon emissions from 2005 levels 65 percent by 2028, 85 percent by 2035, and 90 percent by 2040.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 21, 2022

The most consequential vote to advance a clean energy future won’t be happening in Washington, D.C., billion in new transmission investments to accommodate a shift to clean energy. billion in new transmission investments to accommodate a shift to clean energy. or your state capital next week. billion to $11.6

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Senate Bill (SB) 271 requires utilities to achieve, at a minimum, renewable energy-generated electricity sales of 50 percent in 2030 and 60 percent in 2035. Additionally, SB 271 requires utilities to achieve a “clean energy” portfolio of at least 80 percent in 2035 and 100 percent in 2040. What’s In the Bills?

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 25, 2022

Today, the regional entity overseeing much of the electric power grid in the Midwest—the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)—approved a set of major new transmission system upgrades that will bring billions of dollars in benefits to the region while better enabling states and utilities to pursue transitions to clean energy.

Solar Power

Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Zero coal by 2035, 24 GW solar/wind by 2030, net zero emissions by 2050, including upstream and downstream emissions. Net zero by 2030, 50% cut from 2007 by 2030. Dominion Energy. Net zero by 2050, including downstream emissions and upstream emissions from suppliers. Xcel Energy.

2030

Legal Planet

JULY 15, 2021

Meanwhile, China is ready to go live with its emissions trading system. The goal is to cut net greenhouse gas emissions by 55% from 1990 levels by 2030. Perhaps most boldly, it provides for tariffs on imported goods based on emissions during production, which would apply to imports such as steel, cement, iron, and fertilizers.

2030

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

The Pittsburgh 2030 District , a project of the Green Building Alliance , has released its 2022 Progress Report , revealing District property partners have reduced carbon emissions by 44.8% The District will continue to pursue zero carbon emissions by 2040. primary energy use. “We below baseline.

Carbon Emissions

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Last month, DOE solicited applications from states to develop clean energy projects. The possibility of snagging some of this funding may also help nudge some lagging states to think seriously about cutting carbon emissions. The Inflation Reduction Act provides another important source of state funding. Download as PDF.

Carbon Emissions

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. The Federal Cabinet adopts its first climate target, a 25-30% cut in carbon emissions by 2005 under 1987 levels. trillion tons.] Renewables are 42% of electricity.

Nuclear Power

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

EPA could hold back from doing anything about carbon emissions from existing power plants, instead focusing on tighter regulation of their other environmental impacts. EPA might well get substantial reductions in carbon emissions this way. A dozen states are also adopting their own ambitious climate plans.

Clean Air Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Renewable energy will help with all of that—but we need a grid that is designed for wind and solar instead of having to rely on expensive coal and gas plants. These kinds of transmission investments will help get these surplus amounts of cheap, clean energy to other areas across the region.

Renewable Energy