Law Columbia

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Clean Transition Tariffs: A New Solution In June 2024, Google launched a new partnership with NV energy and introduced a new transition rate, also known as the Clean Transition Tariff (CTT). In exchange, the new generation resource gets the benefit of a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with NV Energy.

Clean Energy

Circle of Blue

JULY 25, 2025

Note: Data is for February 2003 to December 2013 and January 2014 to April 2024. In April, following terrorist attacks in Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi suspended his country’s participation in the Indus Waters Treaty, a river-sharing agreement between the two nuclear powers that was negotiated in 1960.

Sea Level

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-783-6395. Read more here about agenda. December 12-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Click Here for options to join the meeting remotely.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

JANUARY 2, 2025

By Anders Lorenzen In 2024, the UK, the birthplace of the industrial revolution and powering modern civilisation, became the first developed economy to have completely weaned itself off coal. There was no risk of a nuclear incident, such as Japans Fukushima accident, which was one of the basic reasons for the decision.

2027

Cresforum

OCTOBER 28, 2024

CRES Forum hosted the sixth and final CRES Academy session of 2024, “Nuclear 101: The Role of Nuclear Technologies in Powering the Future.” The session explored the vital importance of nuclear assets for the future of energy in the U.S.,

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2025

Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Residents Near PA’s 4 Operating Nuclear Power Plants Aug. Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Residents Near PA’s 4 Operating Nuclear Power Plants Aug.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2025

Changes From July 2024 Auction PJM's last capacity auction in July 2024 produced a wholesale price of $269.92/MW-day MW-day cost for delivery in the 2024-25 auction. New PA Data Center Demand Demand for electricity has increased since July 2024 as a result of new A.I. So, electricity prices are going nowhere but up.”

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A: On the positive side, with technological advances, we understand a lot more about ecosystems today. Posted: December 20, 2024] PA Environment Digest We can be wrong or misguided in our approaches. Q: How is environmental reporting different today than in the earlier years of your career?

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

28 Webinar On Climate-Smart Ag Project (CARAT) [PaEN] -- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Pennsylvania To Get Nearly $1 Billion In Federal Funds For Climate-Smart Ag Practices -- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Newsletter: Looking Back On 2024 And Looking Forward -- Ag Conservation Professionals!

Conservation

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 24, 2025

Read more here ] By producing more energy, cutting red tape, and advancing innovation, Governor Shapiros Lightning Plan will boost key sectors of the Commonwealths economy, including manufacturing, robotics and technology, agriculture, and life sciences. billion hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel project creating 3,000 construction jobs.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

Editors Note: PJMs last capacity auction in July 2024 for delivery in 2025-26 resulted in a dramatic increase in electricity cost from $28.91/MW-day 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

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2025

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Annual Conference Oct. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Annual Conference Oct.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

Shapiro Marks Milestone Of Plugging 300 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Over 2 Years; New Technology Finding More Abandoned Wells [PaEN] -- Observer-Reporter: Gov. Shapiro Touts Capping Of 300th Conventional Oil & Gas Well At North Franklin Twp., Washington County Site [ PDF of Article ] -- Gov.

Conservation

Circle of Blue

MAY 29, 2025

In January, executives at Constellation Energy startled the world with their plan to restart the closed and cold 840-megawatt Unit 1 reactor at Three Mile Island nuclear power station, site of one of the most dangerous meltdowns in atomic history. Earlier this year when Constellation announced the $1.6

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2025

We Are Going To Run Out Of Power, If We Dont Move Forward Rep. Thomas Mehaffie (R-Dauphin) , a member of the Committee, noted in 2018 a baseload power plant was shut down in his district [Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant]-- Dont make the same mistake. Read more here. ] A real energy policy.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2025

Scott Perry Faces Angry Voters In Comments Section Of Tele-Town Hall Meeting -- York Dispatch: Republican Con. Ohio- $3.18

Politics

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This article was originally published in Forbes , for which he is a contributor, on November 7, 2024. Politicians and pundits put them at odds during the 2024 presidential campaign, but the tension was overblown. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in 2024 on support for gas fracking as well as renewable energy.

2025

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

It is one of the reasons we are investing in a diverse portfolio of energy sources, including solar, wind, and advanced nuclear technologies. power grid, including upgrading the physical infrastructure with advanced technologies (e.g., As noted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the 2024 U.S.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 1 -- The Allegheny Front: Slag Heap Goes Solar: New 15-Acre Solar Energy Facility To Break Ground In Pittsburgh -- LancasterOnline: Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant To Test Sirens Dec. Contact: Todd Wallace at twallace@pa.gov or by telephone at 717-783-6395.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2025

14 [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Newsletter Highlights New Studies On Harmful Algal Blooms, Eels, Dam Removal; Grants [PaEN] -- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Newsletter Highlights Volunteer Accomplishments In 2024; American Beech Tree; Upcoming Webinars -- Help Wanted: Nonprofit Stream Restoration, Inc.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Companies For Natural Gas Power -- PennLive: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Owner Says Reopening Of Plant Is On Schedule -- WITF/LancasterOnline: New Owner Plans A.I. Data Center Demands -- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Sees Growing Demand From A.I.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2025

Shapiro Has Let Residents Down On Shale Gas Fracking Protections -- 7 Years Ago, People From Over 70 Households Gave First-Hand Accounts Of How The PA Shale Gas Industry Impacted Their Health, Lives And Communities To A State Grand Jury Describing The Sometimes Harsh Reality Of These Operations [PaEN] -- Environmental Hearing Board Denies EQT Shale (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill] [PaEN] -- DEP To Host April 1 Webinar On New Program To Reduce Methane Pollution From Oil And Gas Operations [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: April 2 Webinar: Gravity Energy Storage - Giving Inactive Oil Wells A Second Life [PaEN] -- Penn State Research: Reusing Old Oil And Gas Wells For Energy Storage (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here! Of Energy Awards DEP $16.2 28 - Recycling As A Strategy To Increase Critical Minerals Supply [PaEN] -- On The Kendal Journey Blog: Have Questions About Sustainability?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2024

11 Information Session On Penn Twp. Ohio- $2.84 PA- $3.34 -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Down To 12, Lowest In More Than 17 Years; Community Support Drops; Big Hole In DEP Budget [PaEN] -- Reuters: Blackstone Private Equity Firm In Talks To Buy US Natural Gas Pipeline Stakes From EQT For $3.5 Ohio- $2.84 Ohio- $2.84

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2025

Spoiler - Philadelphia Water Dept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2025

Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. Room B-31 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch online. April 24-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Join by telephone by calling (877) 304-9269, passcode 2619070#.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2025

Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. Click Here to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams. DEP Contact: Lindsay Byron at lbyron@pa.gov or calling 717-772-8951. Read more here. April 24-- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Ohio- $3.02

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. Click Here to join via Microsoft Teams : ID: 274 896 265 706 Passcode: GfvsJL or telephone +1 267 332 8737 ID: 377 402 179# Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2025

While the current draft text extends the WEC through 2035, it simultaneously delays its start date by a full decadepushing the first year of covered emissions from 2024 to 2034 and effectively gutting the programs impact for the next ten years. The delayed implementation of the fee until 2034 would eliminate $7.2

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Organize Your Litter Pickup, Beautification Events Now [PaEN] -- Keep PA Beautiful News: 2024 Annual Report; Registration Open For Pick Up Pennsylvania! Enter Lens On Litter Contest; Keep Coatesville Beautiful!

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2025

Background - the 2024 Plan In March 2024, Gov. Shapiro unveiled a cap-and-invest PA Climate Emissions Reduction Initiative in legislation to reduce carbon pollution from power plants to protect and create nearly 15,000 energy jobs, lower utility bills for Pennsylvania households, and take real action to address carbon pollution.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Here are 139 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Conservation

Cresforum

MAY 13, 2024

In consideration of this growing demand comes the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act of 2024 , an amendment included in the House approved version of S. advanced nuclear power technologies and fuels, with consideration of U.S. 870, the Fire Grants and Safety Act.

Nuclear Power

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This means redoubling efforts to cut emissions, and reliably constrain temperature rises, not gambling on speculative technological interventions to cool the planet. Or low-carbon energy from renewable energy systems rather than nuclear power, with its needs for cooling water. C, we must plan on the basis of the lower threshold.

Government

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2024

Exus chose to repower the facility thanks to the clean energy plan’s 30% production tax credits for American wind power. Pennsylvania highlights-- -- Vitro Architectural Glass announced a $93.6 21 Webinar On Applying For The New Solar For Schools Grant Program [PaEN] -- PennDOT Announces $7.1

Clean Energy