PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

On March 14, a tour of Steelton-Highspire School District facilities and Tregs Independent Brewing in Dauphin County shows the benefits of going solar and electric school buses. These events were held to educate local residents about the benefits of solar energy and electric vehicles. Local officials and residents, including Sen.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2024

The next day, Wednesday, August 14, Puerto Rico woke up with 728,000 clients (almost half) without electricity, thousands without drinking water (because many communities rely on electricity to pump water), and flood warnings throughout the island. What awaits Puerto Rico with Genera in charge of electricity generation?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 22, 2022

Minnesotans are facing concurrent crises of climate change, high energy prices and inflation, and the inequitable public health impacts of fossil fuel air pollution. Most Minnesotans are familiar with their local electricity utility, since that’s who bills them for electricity they provide.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 13, 2024

As electric vehicle charging stations sprout like mushrooms along our roads and clusters of new wind turbines come online, these two clean energy solutions to the climate crisis are becoming more commonplace. But beyond more electric cars and solar panels, what can everyday people do?

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

That includes 25 sponsorship deals with Big Oil companies as well as 36 deals with lesser-known utility companies that generate electricity predominantly from fossil fuel-burning power plants and sell fossil gas directly to consumers. He didn’t single out sports teams, but he could have. Far from it.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included a major—forthcoming—refresh for one of the biggest policy drivers of the nation’s clean energy transition to date: tax credits subsidizing the deployment of clean electricity resources. the GHGs emitted into the atmosphere by a facility in the production of electricity—is not greater than zero.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Without power grid modeling tools, the transition to clean electricity would be an absolute mess. Luckily, we don’t have to resort to guesswork because we have sophisticated grid modeling tools that help guide the transition to clean electricity. Surely that would not end well.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Since the summer of 2021, five Republican-controlled state legislatures have passed bills banning their state governments from doing business with financial institutions that they allege have divested from fossil fuel companies as a result of ESG investment policies. Another six statehouses are considering similar bills.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 28, 2022

And, in between, Consumers Energy—an investor-owned utility that provides electricity to nearly 2 million customers—submitted a proposed settlement agreement on its integrated resource plan pending before the Michigan Public Service Commission. No new gas plants.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

At any point in the summer, extreme heat could trigger electricity supply shortages and rotating power outages. In reality, a big heat wave could lead to electricity supply shortages and rotating power outages during any summer month, but September is when it’s most likely. How well has California’s grid been performing this summer?

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 19, 2024

By Jiang Mengnan Chinas oil demand is projected to peak at approximately 770 million tonnes in 2025, according to a forecast by the China National Petroleum Corporations Economic and Technological Research Institute (ETRI), reports Caixin. Image generated by AI. First published in Dialogue Earth.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

It turns out that most of them are 50-60% reliant on fossil fuels, with a lot of the remainder coming from nuclear and hydro. This table shows how much power is generated from fossil fuels by the top ten utilities (ranked by market value). There was more fuel oil in use in some places than I expected. Carbon Goal.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

Rising electricity demand from U.S. data centers risks deepening Americas reliance on fossil fuels and can put consumers and communities at risk, according to the report. Electricity demand to power these centers is projected to increase as well. The 71 data centers in Pennsylvania are already responsible for about 3.2%

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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.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 8, 2025

By Anders Lorenzen There will still be some fossil-fuel-driven cars on the roads in Norway in the years and decades. However, their current status as dominating the car market will soon be a thing of the past, with electric vehicles heading the market. are fully electric.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management will host a free March 19 webina r on PJM Interconnections role as the Mid-Atlantic regional electric transmission organization in meeting increasing electric demand and ensuring reliable service while the amount of available generation capacity continues to tighten.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

On November 11, Energy Justice Advocates announced PECO has agreed to contract for 25 MW of solar energy as part of its default power procurement for electric customers from June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2029 as a result of a settlement recently approved by the Public Utility Commission. PECO serves nearly 1.7

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Meanwhile, it remains profoundly cheaper to produce electricity from solar than from new fossil fuel sources. Department of Energy estimated that unrestricted exports of LNG will increase wholesale domestic gas prices by over 30% by 2050.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

Landmark DTE Energy settlement In July, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved a momentous sett l e m ent agreement regarding the electric utility DTE Energy’s plan to provide electricity to its 2.3 Consumers Energy will close its remaining coal-fired power plants by 2025 and add 8,000 megawatts of solar by 2040.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2024

On July 30, the PJM Interconnection announced the results of its 2025/26 capacity auction, which revealed that costs will be roughly seven times greater than in 2024/25. billion, which could increase retail power bills by as much as 29% starting mid-2025. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day Read more here.]

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen The consumption of coal, the most climate polluting fossil fuel, is predicted to peak by 2025 in China, the world’s highest emitting country. Analysis by Sinopec, expects coal consumption to peak around 2025 at 4.37 million bpd of oil this year. billion metric tons (BMT).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

2023 was a milestone year for electric car sales in the US. Sales figure from VELOZ The top selling passenger car AND top selling light truck in CA in 2023, according to California New Car Dealers Association , were both electric vehicles with the Tesla Model 3 and the Tesla Model Y taking the top spots…as they also did in 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

Pennsylvania residents can't enjoy these benefits because the fossil fuel industry has blocked any such legislation. We are committed to activating our membership to show the legislature that residents in every county of PA support community solar."

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 19, 2023

New narratives, startups, and mobility experiments were based on great optimism about electric, digital, autonomous, hybrid, micro, or even aerial (drone) mobilities. And several automakers have announced they will no longer make fossil fueled vehicles sometime between 2025 and 2040. New ride hailing services (e.g.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

The CI is determined through a lifecycle analysis of the global warming pollution associated with the production and use of gasoline, diesel, biofuels, electricity, or other alternative fuels. Alternative 1 described in the ISOR has roughly 25 percent less biobased diesel at the peak in 2025, so roughly 1.5 billion gallons.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

By Matthew Carroll, Penn State News Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar will require better ways to store energy for use when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. When electricity is needed, the heated, compressed air is released, driving a turbine to produce power.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

With Nuclear Energy - By Carol Browner, Fmr EPA Administrator -- Financial Times: Is Giving Old Reactors New Life The Future Of Nuclear Energy?

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Circle of Blue

MAY 19, 2022

Barges up to 300 feet long and 90 feet across will carry 12 miles of spooled electrical cable, navigation equipment, a tall crane and a specialized crew. The contract enables developers to move forward with construction this summer and potentially energize the transmission line by the end of 2025. Emissions-Free Electricity by 2040.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2023

Research shows that halting the burning of fossil fuels in homes and businesses is beneficial for the health of residents and vital to combat climate change. The largest obstacle is up-front cost; electric appliances still cost more than gas ones. It should thus be replicated throughout the state and nation.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 24, 2023

Electric vehicles (EVs) play an important role in reducing carbon pollution from transportation. But there are some false and half true claims being made about electric vehicles. Here we will separate fact from fiction about electric vehicles. Question: Do Electric Cars work in cold weather? grams of CO2 per kilometre.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2025

Kate Harper (R), former member of PA House, and former Congressman Conor Lamb (D) are Co-Chairs of Energy Future PA Related Articles: -- PUC House Budget Hearing: We Arent Going To Build Our Way Out Of Electric Generation Shortfalls On PJM Grid; We Need To Diversify Our Generation Sources [PaEN] -- Frozen Hoping For A Thaw: Eastern PA Coalition For (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% from other sources. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2025

On March 6, the City of Reading announced it is now moving into the construction phase as part of a strategic partnership with Schneider Electric to implement a Guaranteed Energy Savings Act (GESA) project, reinforcing Reading's commitment to sustainability and energy efficiency. With over 4,300 solar panels generating more than 1.78

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Edouard Stenger

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This is exactly what is taking place with solar, electric vehicles, heat pumps and similar technologies. As a result, the IEA believes that “We are on track to see all fossil fuels peak before 2030” , and even much sooner. Fossil fuel peaks being driven by the “unstoppable” growth of low-carbon technologies.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

The proposals shall ensure equitable participation by all electric vehicle owners and lessees. Not later than October 31, 2025 the department shall issue at least 1 order that responds to distribution. The Department shall approve the rebates not later than June 30, 2023; and. According to the U.S.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

In March, start-up BasiGo became the first company to launch an electric passenger bus in Kenya. We selected BYD because they are the largest manufacturer of electric buses globally and they are known for battery technology that is state-of-the-art,” BasiGo co-founder and CEO Jit Bhattacharya told China Dialogue.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

On November 21, the Public Utility Commission announced it will hold a technical conference on the adequacy of electricity supplies in Pennsylvania Monday, November 25 from 9:00 a.m. Resource Links - Electric Grid: -- Gov. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day

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