PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

At the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), our job is to make sure that essential utility services-- electric, natural gas, water, wastewater, telecommunications, and transportation-- remain safe, reliable, and affordable for Pennsylvanians. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2025

formal notice ) February 26-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Department of Agriculture. 22 How To Run For Local Public Office Training Webinar , 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. -- Warren Times: Electric Vehicle Debate Creates Spark In State -- Horn Farm Center Ecological Gardening 16-Week Training Program Starts Feb.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

JULY 6, 2025

While the current deforestation rate is a positive sign, the issue remains complex, as forest loss also stems from factors like wildfires and agricultural expansion. However, the country is diversifying its energy mix, and solar and wind power are expanding rapidly. GW, and solar capacity surpassed 25.5

2025

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

JUNE 8, 2025

1 [PaEN] Grants -- Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds Announces $650,000 In Conservation Grants; Next Grant Round Opens In August [PaEN] -- Applications Now Being Accepted For The Giant Company, Keep PA Beautiful Healing The Planet Grants To Support Tree Planting Projects [PaEN] -- Dept.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

1 At The Southeast Agricultural Research Farm In Centre County [PaEN] -- Lehigh Valleys Wildlands Conservancy Highlights April Educational Programs; Tree Planting; Hikes; Summer Camps -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Its Spring! Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed!

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

19 & 21 -- Reading Eagle: Frequent Met-Ed Power Outages In Southeastern Berks Called Into Question -- July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High? 19 & 21 -- Reading Eagle: Frequent Met-Ed Power Outages In Southeastern Berks Called Into Question -- July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High?

Conservation

Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2025

More than 80% of us favor building more solar power stations in California. Michael Wara at Stanford has some good advice for PPIC pollsters, because we already know people are willing to pay more for their electricity if it is clean. Despite the Trump administration’s knee-jerk cancellation of a $4.9 Alexander C.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Is Nuclear The Hot New Clean Power Source? s Urgent Need For Power Spurs Return Of Dirtier Gas Turbines -- W&J Center For Energy Policy & Management: Summer 2025 Brings Warnings Of Risk To Electric Reliability Due To Data Centers, Severe Weather Reliability -- Utility Dive: A.I.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Ohio- $2.80 PA- $3.27 -- Reuters: US Gasoline Prices Set To Climb As Presidents New Tariffs Kick In -- Bloomberg: Oil Posts 7th Weekly Loss On Easing War Risk, Tariff Chaos -- American Gas Association: Presidents Tariffs On Canadian Natural Gas Will Cost US Consumers At Least $1.1 Ohio- $2.80

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

Shapiros Accomplishments webpage to learn more. Related Articles This Week: -- DEP Did Over 107,000 Inspections, Found 35,237 Violations, Responded To 410 Emergencies In 2024 To Protect PA's Environment, Public Safety [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

Megawatts -- PennLive: 22 Bay Electric Vehicle Charging Station Opens In Lower Swatara Twp., Megawatts -- PennLive: 22 Bay Electric Vehicle Charging Station Opens In Lower Swatara Twp., Megawatts -- PennLive: 22 Bay Electric Vehicle Charging Station Opens In Lower Swatara Twp.,

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

Megawatts -- PennDOT Focus On Innovations, Including Using Environment-Friendly Products, EV Charging Build Out -- PennLive: 22 Bay Electric Vehicle Charging Station Opens In Lower Swatara Twp., McKean County [PaEN] -- DEP Received Air Quality Permit For 4.6

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

As extreme heat impacts our health and agriculture, sea levels are rising, and storms are worsening, the effects of climate change are felt both locally and globally. It is undeniable that fossil fuels, both their extraction and use, interact with the land. Fossil fuels are the largest driver of the climate crisis.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Of Energy LNG Gas Export Facility Plans Will Pollute Communities, Raise Prices - By Alex Bomstein, Clean Air Council -- Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, Black Appalachian Coalition, PennFuture, Partners Host March 4 Webinar -- Why Is My Electricity Bill So High? And Going Higher?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

4 - 11] -- Pike Conservation District: From Source To Sink - Groundwater Education Workshop Series Starts Jan. 13 -- Protect PT/Three Rivers Waterkeepers Jan. 22 Webinar On How To Talk To Your Doctor About Environmental Threats To Your Health [PaEN] -- Protect PT: Jan. 30 Hearing [Not Jan.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Luzerne County [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: Using Live Stake Nurseries To Engage Communities In Stream Health [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed! Residents In Allegheny County -- Natural Lands Preserves 2 Forested Properties Totaling 151 Acres In Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon Counties [PaEN] -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: $1.8

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

August 13-- Senate and House Agricultural & Rural Affairs Committees Information Session At Penn State Ag Progress Days. Billion To Ensure Electricity Supplies -- Reuters: Biggest US Power Grid [PJM] Auction Raises Prices By 22% To New Heights -- What The A.I. July 26-- In-Person. Celebrate The Bloom!

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Million In Solar For All Funding From Self-Imposed Freeze [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Solar Power Supporters In PA Say Outlook Is Positive, Even As Policies Could Change Under President -- City Of Reading Begins Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy Project To Save $13.3

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

House Agriculture & Rural Affairs and Health Committees joint informational meeting on spread of bird flu from birds to cattle to people. February 26-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Department of Agriculture. February 27-- Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 9:30 - Department of Agriculture.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

DeFrank , Chairman, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Capacity Auction Bids For 134,311 MW Come It At Highest Price Allowed Under FERC-Approved Cap [PaEN] -- What The A.I. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 6 -- LancasterOnline: Work Already Underway On 450,000 Sq.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2025

House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 502 (Steele-D-Allegheny) establishing the Reliable Energy Siting and Electric Transition Board [part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan ]. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. June 9-- NEW. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. June 10-- Agenda Posted.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

DeFrank , Chairman, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Capacity Auction Bids For 134,311 MW Come It At Highest Price Allowed Under FERC-Approved Cap [PaEN] -- What The A.I. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 6 -- LancasterOnline: Work Already Underway On 450,000 Sq.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

A Hot Weather Alert is a routine procedure PJM issues ahead of forecasted 90-plus-degree weather and/or high humidity to prepare transmission and generation personnel and facilities for expected increases in electricity demand, or load. PJM manages the electric grid across 13 states-- including Pennsylvania-- and the District of Columbia.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

On July 23, the PJM Interconnection issued a Maximum Generation Alert and Load Management Alert for July 24 across its footprint to ensure the reliable delivery of electricity for customers in 13 states, including Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. This alert does not require any action from customers. As of 1:30 p.m.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

A 2021 report by California state agencies calls for an additional 16,900 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar and an additional 12,500 MW of customer solar by 2030, making up 61 percent of new clean electricity resources. Along with solar, storage and wind will see significant growth.

Solar Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

At that time, even the largest solar arrays in the world measured only in the hundreds of kilowatts, enough to generate the equivalent of the electricity needs of just a few tens of thousands of US households. I can distinctly remember how wacky it seemed when I first heard someone propose a one-megawatt (1000-kilowatt) solar array.

Solar Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 8, 2023

When you think of solar power , California undoubtedly comes to mind. The state’s strong climate goals paired with abundant sunshine have helped California reach record rooftop and utility-scale solar buildout. Out of the 5,700 megawatts of installed community solar in the country, less than 1% of that is in California.

Clean Energy

Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Chris Johnston is co-author of The Arrival of the Electric Car – An Overview of the EV Revolution Happening Now. The fastest way to shift the transportation sector to environmental sustainability is to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). This makes EVs two to three times more efficient than gas-powered vehicles.

Electricity

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Specifically, it is important to understand that solar is not being sited in equal quantities on these three types of land, as farmland hosts far more solar projects (33%) than either grassland (6%) or forests (4%). For comparison, nearly 3% of solar power is currently sited in urban areas. [1].

Carbon Dioxide

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

CARB’s use of the LCFS as a cash cow to fund manure digesters is bad transportation fuel policy and bad agricultural policy. A quick glance at the latest data from CARB shows there are three large and growing sources of credits: bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

The installation of solar panels in Brazil is increasing amidst the water crisis. With fears of energy rationing and rising electricity bills, farmers and livestock breeders opt for sustainability and self-sufficiency. This brings with it the possibility of severe electricity rationing. The solar power plant is one more.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

The webinars are divided into funding areas: Electric Power; Agriculture and Working Lands; Tribal Programs; Transportation; Buildings; and Industrial and Waste. Environmental Protection Agency is hosting a series of webinars the week of August 7 on Investing in America - Climate Action Funding Fair.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

The award will go to a group which expands access to renewable energy in the communities it serves or which seeks to improve energy efficiency within its own operations through the use of solar, electric vehicles, LEED certifications or other improvements. In Pittsburgh, 53 nonprofits have been honored, receiving more than $1.5

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

NewsClips: -- Beaver County Times: RiverWise, PA Solar Center, New Sun Rising Receive Federal Grant To Expand Solar Adoption In Beaver County -- TribLive: Power Up: Solar-Power Installations Jump To More Than 40,000 Across The State; Homeowners See Electric Bills Drop -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philadelphia’s Large Solar Energy Facility Near Gettysburg (..)

Clean Energy

JANZEN AG

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

I’ve always considered Tesla to be an enormous innovator—more likely to improve the efficiencies of transportation, vital to farming, rather than a threat to agriculture. There is wholesale movement to electric vehicles. Many parts of the US and world lack electrical infrastructure. Ethanol will not have a growth future.

Biofuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

TODAY 10:30: House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets on House Resolution 132 (Matzie-D-Beaver) designating June 19 to 25 as Pollinator Week in Pennsylvania. Room 140 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch live. Room 515 Irvis Building. Yaw Introduces Bill To Create Independent Energy Information Office In PA -- Sen.

Solar Power