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Stacy Garrity: Shapiro’s Gas-Lightning Plan: Dimming Pennsylvania’s energy future

Meghan Keely2026-01-06T12:09:22-05:00January 6th, 2026|

PJM’s analysis paints a stark warning. By 2030, we could face massive supply deficits without immediate action. For the 2026-2027 delivery year, PJM envisions a razor-thin surplus of just 0.2 GW — barely meeting basic reliability requirements and in stark contrast with the 19.1 percent reserve margin it believes necessary to keep the lights on.

Powering Pennsylvania’s future requires durable, predictable permitting

Meghan Keely2025-12-29T11:55:02-05:00December 29th, 2025|

Today, our state and nation stand at a critical crossroads – one that will determine whether the U.S. continues to lead the world in affordable, reliable energy or falls behind due to bureaucratic red tape and gridlock.

Greene County planners OK early work on proposed data center site

Meghan Keely2025-12-22T12:51:51-05:00December 22nd, 2025|

The first phase of work for a proposed data center complex was approved Wednesday night at a lengthy Greene County Planning Commission meeting that generated nearly an hour-and-a-half of public comment.

Pa. will study a plan to keep new natural gas pads farther from homes, schools and hospitals

Meghan Keely2025-12-15T11:44:15-05:00December 15th, 2025|

Pennsylvania’s environmental regulator will study a plan to sharply increase the distance between new natural gas drilling sites and homes, schools and hospitals.

Developer buys former Springdale coal plant for a planned data center

Meghan Keely2025-12-04T10:41:08-05:00December 4th, 2025|

Developers have bought the former Cheswick Generating Station site in Springdale to construct a massive data center. The borough's council still needs to vote on the project's conditional use permit on Dec. 16

State Budget Passes — Includes RGGI Repeal and Permit Reform Provisions

Meghan Keely2025-11-12T18:03:35-05:00November 12th, 2025|

After a delay of more than four months, Governor Josh Shapiro has signed Pennsylvania’s $50.09 billion state budget into law, officially concluding the long budget impasse. The main appropriations bill, Senate Bill 160, passed with broad bipartisan support — 40-9 in the Senate and 156-47 in the House — and does not rely on any new revenue sources or transfers from the state’s Rainy-Day Fund.

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