PA Environment Daily

JUNE 26, 2025

Contact: Ian Irvin, Executive Director, iirvin@pa.gov or (717) 787-8171 -- Senate Confirms Jessica Shirley To Lead The Department Of Environmental Protection; Committee Questions On Environmental Justice, RESET Energy Board [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council Receives 2025 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence For Hard-To-Recycling Collection Events (..)

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2025

Data Centers The Next Big Thing For Natural Gas? -- TribLive: Homer City Site Developers In Indiana County To Present 4.5 GW Power Plant, Data Center Plans At Aug. GW Natural Gas Power Plan, A.I. Billion To Power Data Centers -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Frontier Group Unveils $3.2

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Washington County [ PDF of Article ] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: As Fracking Turns 20 In Pennsylvania, Towns Consider New Regulations For Distance Between Homes And Well Pads [Cecil Twp.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2025

Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2 Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2 So Far This Year PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 9 Webinar On Growth Of A.I.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

This is mainly a result of coal generation being replaced by natural gas generation (and to a smaller extent renewable energy sources like wind and solar) and energy efficiency improvements, due in part to Act 129 [utility energy efficiency program]. Rate Increase For Philadelphia Gas Works [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 11.4%

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

Natural Gas Reliability Questioned I mentioned PJM before seeing a significant price increase. And secondly, and the bigger reason that prices went up in PJM, is that PJM itself realized that natural gas plants were far less reliable than it had previously ranked them. I will flag that that is primarily due to two issues.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2025

Unconstrained LNG exports will raise domestic natural gas prices by at least 30% by 2050, further increasing electricity costs. Plus, there's a backlog on new gas turbines that stretches well into the 2030's, and tariffs will make all construction more expensive. GW natural gas-fired power plant in Indiana County.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2024

. -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 28 [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Jan. PA- $3.21 -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Same As Last Week 15; Aug. Ohio- $2.99

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

.: Record Load Growth From Data Centers, High Temperatures Expected To Strain Electric Grid This Summer [PaEN] -- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Summer Electricity Assessment Sees Adequate Generating Resources To Meet Normal Operating Conditions; Higher Natural Gas Prices Driving Electricity Prices Higher [PaEN] -- Gov.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2025

Ohio- $2.99 Ohio- $2.99

Natural Gas

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 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! Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug.

Natural Gas

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 (..)

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

/Data Centers -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Holds July 31 Meeting At Penn State Harrisburg Campus On Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant; Webinar On Aug. 6 -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Leaders Eye Long-Term Impact Of Energy, A.I.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2025

10:00 a.m. -- PJM Interconnection Issues Maximum Generation Alert For July 15; Natural Gas Accounted For Most Generation Outages In June Generation Alert [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Opens Next Electric Capacity Auction Bidding Window Of July 9 to 15 For 2026-27 Electric Delivery; Hold Your Breath! Shapiro’s Attendance At Sen.

2026

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 17, 2025

Data Centers The Next Big Thing For Natural Gas? -- TribLive: Homer City Site Developers In Indiana County To Present 4.5 GW Power Plant, Data Center Plans At Aug. GW Natural Gas Power Plan, A.I. Billion To Power Data Centers -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Frontier Group Unveils $3.2

Natural Gas

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. They are foundational elements of the modern energy marketplace.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Committee On Natural Gas [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: PA Lawmakers Talk Of Requiring Natural Gas Detectors In Buildings After Explosion That Killed 7 In Reading -- TribLive: Residents Of Mt. DeFrank Appointed Chair Of National Assn.

Conservation

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 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

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

25 Webinar On Private Water Supply Testing, Education; Helpful To Those In Oil & Gas Drilling Areas Which May Impact Water Wells [PaEN] -- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Dec. 9 -- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Nov. 13 Webinar On EPA Clean School Bus Grant Program [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council Hosts Nov. 14, Ends Jan.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

It also feels like the same conversations that were happening shortly thereafter with the rollout of a vision for a shale gas-fueled petrochemical renaissance, and more recently, the conversations around a natural gas-based hydrogen and related carbon capture infrastructure. billion cubic feet of gas.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2025

The facility utilizes ethane, a by-product of natural gas, to make ethylene, a building block for plastic. A new report by Johnstown-based FracTracker Alliance finds the Shell Petrochemical Plant released 17.9 The pollutants included benzene (a known carcinogen), 1,3-butadiene, naphthalene, and styrene.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2025

Normal, Necessary Demands How will our normal, necessary demands be met if significant nuclear power generation is being diverted to one large-scale customer? Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2 MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2025

Completes Successful Lithium Extraction From Shale Gas Wastewater At Susquehanna County Pilot Plant [PaEN] PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard- July 26 to August 1 [PaEN] -- Coterra Energy Fined $299,000 For Contaminating 13 Private Water Supplies In Lenox Twp.,

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Related Article - Drought: -- Delaware River Basin Commission Calls For Efficient Water Use; Sets Nov.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs [PaEN] -- WHYY: ‘No Seat At The Table:’ Why Environmental Justice Activists Like Zulene Mayfield Fear Republican Presidential Win -- Environmental Quality Board To Consider Proposed Spill Notification Regulation; Blasting; NOx & VOC Corrections Nov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

.: Record Load Growth From Data Centers, High Temperatures Expected To Strain Electric Grid This Summer [PaEN] -- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Summer Electricity Assessment Sees Adequate Generating Resources To Meet Normal Operating Conditions; Higher Natural Gas Prices Driving Electricity Prices Higher [PaEN] -- Gov.

Electricity

Legal Planet

JULY 23, 2025

The big takeaway globally is that oil and coal are basically static, and natural gas is growing slowly. Eighty percent of new power generation in 2024 came from renewable sources and nuclear power. Forty percent of all power generated in 2024 came from zero-carbon sources, a new record. Not that U.S.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MAY 29, 2025

Resource Link: -- DEP Approves PennEnergy Resources 1.5

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2025

Data Centers In York County [ PDF of Article ] -- MCall: Why PPL Could Be The ‘Big Winner’ In Deal To Boost Power For A.I. Data Centers -- York Dispatch: Local Officials Are Preparing For A Wave Of A.I.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

Rate Increase For Philadelphia Gas Works [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 11.4% Increase In Columbia Gas Natural Gas Rate [PaEN] -- PUC Commissioners Urge Congressional Action To Preserve $19 Million In Remaining LIHEAP Funds For PA This Year [PaEN] -- Gov.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 31 PA Bulletin inviting comments on the state plan to implement an EPA federal rule 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts OOOOb and OOOOc Reducing Emissions Of Methane and Other Pollution from Oil and Natural Gas Operations. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

Efforts to reinvigorate nuclear power in the state including restarting the former Three Mile Island Unit 2 could be snuffed out, because of the proposed repeal of the nuclear production tax credit and the elimination of the Department of Energys Loan Programs Office.

Clean Energy

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

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 Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2025

Data Centers -- Financial Times: Constellation Energy, Other Companies Abandon Almost Half the Projects In $5 Billion Texas Program To Fund Natural Gas Power Plants Due To Costs, Supply Chain Delays [Sen. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Annual Conference Oct. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Annual Conference Oct.

Natural Gas