PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The Public Utility Commission published notice in the September 7 PA Bulletin inviting comments on the proposed replacement of plastic pipe by natural gas distribution utilities. DeFrank which is patterned after the state’s successful ongoing efforts to eliminate other at-risk materials from natural gas utility systems.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 1, 2023
On May 1, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee was told the wholesale prices of electricity in the PJM regional electric grid are too low to support coal and natural gas power plants. Locher said the Keystone and Conemaugh facilities announced they will close by 2028. Read more here. “As
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PA Environment Daily
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
On September 5, the Independent Fiscal Office reported second quarter natural gas production in Pennsylvania dropped to its lowest level since the third quarter of 2020. Drillers have likely cut back in response to very low average [natural gas] prices and high [gas] inventory levels," the report says.
PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
On November 16, FirstEnergy reported , “The price of natural gas – which makes up the largest share of U.S. percent increase in the Pennsylvania price for natural gas since the third quarter of 2020, even higher than the 120.1 cents to 7.98 Read more here. [On Read more here.] “The
A Greener Life
DECEMBER 19, 2024
The forecast also predicts that Chinas overall fossil fuel demand will peak in 2028, coinciding with the peak in energy-related carbon emissions. Notably, natural gas demand is expected to rise steadily, plateauing at 620-650 billion cubic meters in 2035.
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. On April 3, Homer City Generation, L.P. Homer City will see tiered layoffs as a result.
PA Environment Daily
AUGUST 28, 2023
On August 23, the PJM Interconnection Critical Issue Fast Path Resource Adequacy stakeholder group heard testimony and suggestions on the issue of making electricity market changes to address nonperformance of natural gas and other generators during emergencies and events like Winter Storm Elliot in December. Read more here.
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