PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2023

On October 13, the PJM Interconnection formally submitted proposed electric market reforms designed to support reliability of the electric grid now and in the future amid increasingly extreme weather and a changing generation fleet.

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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 This compares with 425 BCM and 9% of primary energy consumption projected for 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

One of the most significant changes to be filed is "enhance resource accreditation" that would more accurately assess the reliability value of natural gas-fired power plants which accounted for 70% of the power plant outages in PJM during Winter Storm Elliot. 13 in order to be implemented for the 2025/2026 BRA.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Green Building Alliance and the 2030 District Program host a December 10 webinar on PJM Electricity Price Increases - Why and What To Do? In July, the PJM Interconnection auction for wholesale electricity generation capacity to be delivered in 2025-26 resulted in a 933% increase in electricity costs over 2024-25.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2024

On August 1, PennFuture released this statement related to the latest PJM Interconnection electricity auction that resulted in a dramatic increase in electricity prices in the PJM footprint for delivery in 2025-26. At the most recent auction, the clearing prices for the 2025/26 delivery year, soared to $269.92

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center Next year, the electricity bills for twenty percent of Americans will start reflecting the high cost of failing to transition to clean energy. The cost of lining up those resources has skyrocketed—by a factor of almost seven—to a record high level.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

On February 27, the PJM Interconnection announced the results of its latest electricity capacity auction. PJM said the auction secured adequate resources to meet demand for the 2024/2025 Delivery Year. Prices in most areas were down, but up in areas with local constraints that indicate tightening conditions in certain areas.

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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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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

With the clean energy transition already under way, the US electricity mix is set to continue changing this year. Solar power is expected to make up about half of all additions of US electric generating capacity in 2023, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). I’ll start off with the good.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2024

Contact: Adam Walters 717-214-6548 or adwalters@pa.gov. -- PJM Electricity Auction Price 9 Times Higher Than Previous Auction-- $269.92/MW-Day MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day Partners Host Aug.

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Natural Gas 2025 Electricity 2024 111

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2024

On January 22, the PJM Interconnection announced it will begin performing System Impact Studies on 308 projects representing 46,000 MW of new, mostly renewable electric generation under Transition Cycle 1 of its new project review process. TC1 projects are expected to clear PJM’s study process and be ready for construction by mid-2025.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Homer City based its decision on several factors including the low price of natural gas, a dramatic spike in the cost of its ongoing coal supply, unseasonably warm winters and increasingly stringent environmental regulations. A fourth plant-- Montour (1,504) -- announced plans to stop burning coal in 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility are proud to co-host the 2025 Shale Gas and Public Health Conference on February 27 at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.

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Radiation 2013 2025 Electricity 88

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Job-intensive infrastructure upgrades, efficiency improvements, and measures to repair fossil fuel damage, including repairing roads and bridges (99%), weatherizing homes to make them more energy efficient (96%), cleaning up old oil and gas wells (95%), and reclaiming abandoned mine lands (86%), enjoy broad support among Pennsylvania voters.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Those changes were implemented (more or less) simultaneously for gas and electricity and focused on similar issues of organizing markets and stimulating competition. The new gas package aims to address both challenges. However, over the last decade new challenges became more prominent. 31-33 rGD).

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2023

On July 6, the PJM Interconnection announced its new process for evaluating electrical generation or storage projects for connection to the regional electrical grid will begin July 10. PJM said 95% of the 260,000 MW projects now in its queue are renewable energy generation, battery storage or a hybrid of both. “In

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2024

Casey Cosponsors Bill To Find, Clean Up Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Improve Detection, Plugging Tech [PaEN] -- PUC Seeks To Accelerate Removal, Replacement Of Older Plastic Pipe In Natural Gas Distribution Systems [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction Price 9 Times Higher Than Previous Auction-- $269.92/MW-Day

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Natural Gas Air Pollution 2024 Recycling 116

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2024

PJM Interconnection operates the regional electric grid serving 13 states and the District of Columbia. It issued a report last year warning that, under current trends, there may not be enough electric generating capacity to keep the lights on by 2028–2030. Demand and policy The problem results from a combination of circumstances.

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Renewable Energy Electricity 2028 2025 85

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2024

Casey Cosponsors Bill To Find, Clean Up Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Improve Detection, Plugging Tech [PaEN] -- PUC Seeks To Accelerate Removal, Replacement Of Older Plastic Pipe In Natural Gas Distribution Systems [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction Price 9 Times Higher Than Previous Auction-- $269.92/MW-Day

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

announced it has begun providing renewable natural gas (RNG) for the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority in Bellefonte, Centre County, supporting a transition to a cleaner, low-carbon fuel produced from organic waste. WM is committed to the growth of our natural gas fleet and investing in renewable energy through RNG.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Ontario recently re-contracted four gas-fired power plants to generate electricity for the province and appears poised to contract more in the near future. . Take Action: Tell Ontario To Stop Using Fossil Gas Power. Yes, Ontario needs new electricity generation. But there are loopholes.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2023

9 Meeting [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Editorial: Citizen Science Is The New Research Frontier -- Post-Gazette: PA Getting Millions In Federal Grants To Cut Methane Emissions, Cap Leaking Conventional Oil & Gas Wells -- TribLive: 2nd Deep Shale Gas Well Coming To West Deer Twp.;

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Germany is a key European country when it comes to hydrogen and the most advanced in Europe in terms of electricity storage via hydrogen, the so called Power-to-Gas technology. A first draft shows that more than two billion Euros in total shall be invested into hydrogen development until 2025.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Covered Entities : The Program regulates manufacturers, electricity importers, suppliers of natural gas, gasoline and other fuels, and CO2 suppliers that emit more than 25,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) annually. Half of all ARBOCs must provide direct environmental benefits to the state of California.

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2030 Carbon Dioxide Regulations 2020 130

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc., 1 Pennsylvania Firefly Festival Lottery For 2025 Festival & Glow & Know Campouts Will Start January 1 Federal Highway Administration, Fish & Wildlife Service Host Dec. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs Gov. 12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs Gov. 14 Public Meeting On 5 Schuylkill County Facilities-- Natural Soil Products, Liberty Soils, Summit Anthracite (Stavola) Mining Site, Rausch Creek Mining Site, CES Landfill DEP To Hold Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

[PJM also said at the same hearing there is such a high percentage of renewable new energy generation seeking to connect to the PJM grid because renewable energy is cheaper than natural gas and nuclear. Without imports, the report predicts that states with an RPS will fall short of RPS requirements through 2025. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2021

On October 14, the Department of Environmental Protection presented a proposed regulation that would adopt California’s existing Zero Emission Vehicle Program that requires 22 percent of the new passenger and light duty vehicle fleets offered for sale in the state be zero emission vehicles starting in model year 2025.

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Nitrogen Oxides 2025 Regulations Ground-Level Ozone 52

A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

However, specialists are calling for a broader restructuring of entrenched economic and energy models, which depend largely on the exploitation of fossil fuels – primarily natural gas – as well as the distribution of the resources derived from their sale, and the subsidised supply of hydrocarbons to the domestic market.

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Solar Power Fossil Fuels Radiation Natural Gas 98

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

19 [PaEN] -- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy To Host 3 Public Meetings On Perkiomen Mapping & Flood Mitigation Study Spanning Parts Of Montgomery, Berks, Bucks, Lehigh Counties Starting Nov.

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Nuclear Power Natural Resources 2025 Natural Gas 79

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

On August 1, the Public Utility Commission moved to accelerate the process for identifying, removing, and replacing older plastic piping and components in Pennsylvania’s natural gas distribution systems. 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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Natural Gas 2024 Natural Resources Waste 110

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2024

Of Energy Awards Western PA/WV/OH ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub $30 Million Appalachian Voices Urges Congress To Reject Proposed Changes To Federal Energy Permitting That Reduces Opportunities For Communities To Challenge Projects; Bill Clears US Senate Committee PJM Electricity Auction Price 9 Times Higher Than Previous Auction-- $269.92/MW-Day

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Electricity 2025 Natural Resources Conservation 91

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

Individually, Chatham University has pledged to reach carbon neutrality by 2025, and the University of Pittsburgh by 2037. In addition to their 2030 District commitment, some Partners have set additional carbon neutrality goals. A number of large property owners, grocery stores, and financial institutions have also made carbon commitments.

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Carbon Emissions 2030 Paris Agreement Natural Gas 98

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 6790 ) -- Columbia Gas Transmission LLC - Artemas Compressor Station: DEP extended an Air Quality Plan Approval for the facility located in Mann Twp., 20, 2025, approved Oct. Application received Sept. 15, 2023, approved Aug. 19, 2024. ( Bedford County. Application received Sept. 11, 2024. ( Berks County.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Comitta: New PUC Pipeline Safety Regulations To Be Published As Final This Month For Public Utility Hazardous Liquid Pipelines Environmental Health Project: CNX Resources Claims Shale Gas Drilling Poses No Public Health Risks Are ‘Misleading, Irresponsible, Dangerous’ Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Sept. Of Interior Approves $76.4

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Conservation Electricity Natural Gas 2024 98

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2022

On June 21, PJM Interconnection announced the successful procurement of resources in its annual capacity auction to meet electricity needs and ensure reliable service for the 2023/2024 Delivery Year. The next annual Base Residual Auction, for the 2024/2025 Delivery Year, will be held in December.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

16 [PaEN] -- Scranton Times Editorial: Give Teeth To DEP Environmental Justice Policy [PaEN] -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. Ned Ketyer Explains The Results Of New Studies Of The Health Impacts Of Natural Gas Development On Children And Adults [PaEN] -- The Center Square: State Dept. 26 to Sept.

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