In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last Week - November 2

Energy Costs

-- Consumer Alert!  If You Shopped For Your Electric, Natural Gas Supplier In 2024, You Paid $350 Million Too Much For Energy  [PaEN] 

-- WVIA Podcast: How And Why Electric, Natural Gas, Water Rates Are Increasing

-- PennLive: Home Heating Oil Prices Have Doubled Since 2025, As Customers Brace For Winter And High Costs 

-- The Citizens’ Voice: NE PA Residents Feeling The Shock Of Record Heating Oil Costs 

-- WHYY: President’s Heating Oil Reserve Release Unlikely To Ease Sky-High Prices In Pennsylvania, Experts Say; Heating Oil Price Nearly Doubled Since Last Fall

-- WESA: Why Is Generator, Backup Power Supply Demand Booming Across Pittsburgh?

-- Bloomberg: US Natural Gas Price Falls To 6-Month Low On Warm Weather Forecast 

Grid

-- PJM Interconnection Files Revised Reliability Backstop Generation Procurement Proposal With FERC; Looks To Hold Next Auction March 2027 With Price Cap Of $555/MW-Day  [PaEN] 

-- Scranton Times Guest Essay: PPL Electric Building On Protections In Place So Growth Doesn’t Come At Utility Customers’ Expense - By Christine Martin, President Of PPL Utilities

-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp Takes First Step In Setting Reliability Standards For A.I. Data Centers, Cryptocurrency Miners, Other Computational Loads

Generation

-- FracTracker Alliance: A.I. Data Center Developers Propose 12.5 GW Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants To Feed 12 Data Center Projects In Southwest PA  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Natural Gas Key To Winning Global A.I. Race - By Jim Welty, Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition

-- TribLive: Retired Armstrong County Electric Plant Site Part Of State Study To Site New Power Plants

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why EQT Wants To Acquire Range Resources: Capture Growing Demand For Data Centers, Exports, Cut Operating Expenses $325 Million

-- Fortune: EQT Becomes Nation’s Leading Natural Gas ‘Juggernaut’ With A $13 Billion Deal As A.I. Data Center, Export Demand Surges

-- Republican Herald Guest Essay: Ohio Has The Solution To PA’s Power Problems - 150 Power Plant Permit Reviews That Meet Certain Location Requirements - By Buckeye Institute and Commonwealth Foundation [Ohio Has A Power Siting Board]

Land Use

-- Scranton Times: Olyphant Borough Officials Meet Nov. 5 On A.I. Data Center Developer’s $101 Million Proposal To Bypass Conditional Use Process, Forgo Public Hearings To Build The Project In Lackawanna County [PDF of Article]

-- WVIA: Lackawanna County Judge Denies A.I. Data Center Developer Claim Project Was ‘Deemed Approved’ In Jessup Borough 

-- Scranton Times: Essential Energy, Data Center Opponents Clash Over Proposed 400 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Impacts In Archbald

-- Scranton Times: Wildcat Ridge A.I. Data Center Developer Law Firm Reed Smith Targets Lackawanna County Commissioner, 2 Valley View School District Directors In Their Individual Capacities With ‘Preserve All Documents’ Notice Ahead Of Potential Litigation

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Democracy Wins In Archbald Boro With Denial Of A.I. Data Center Proposal And Should Inspire Others

-- Scranton Times: City Of Scranton Moving Ahead With Regulation On Potential A.I. Data Centers

-- Scranton Times: PPL Electric Buys 230 Acres In Archbald Boro For $4 Million In A Deed In Lieu Of Condemnation Action Related To Transmission Line Upgrade Project

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Salem Twp. Supervisors Approve A.I. Data Center Overlay District Expansion In Luzerne County

-- The Citizens Voice: Salem Twp. Supervisors Approve A.I. Data Center Overlay District Expansion In Luzerne County; $12 Million Micro-Hospital Promised As Community Benefit 

-- The Citizens’ Voice: Debate Rages About Proposed A.I. Data Center Complex In Newport Twp., Luzerne County

-- WNEP: Newport Twp. Residents Discuss Future Of 15 Building A.I. Data Center Complex At Open House In Luzerne County

-- PennLive/LehighValleyLive: Newport Twp. Residents File Lawsuit Challenging Approval Of A.I. Data Center, Power Plant Zoning

-- WVIA: Newport Twp. A.I. Data Center Open House Leaves Some Residents With Unanswered Questions In Luzerne County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: A.I. Data Center Developer Met With Skepticism At Newport Twp. Commissioners Meeting In Luzerne County

-- The Citizens’ Voice: A.I. Data Center Developer Predicts Major Tax Windfall Amid Skeptical Public Over Newsport Twp. Project In Luzerne County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Hazle Twp. Residents Debate Proposed A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Luzerne County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Hazle Twp. Planning Commission Reschedules A.I. Data Center Ordinance Meeting For Thursday [Oct. 29] In Luzerne County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Luzerne County Council To Discuss Proposed A.I. Data Center Zoning Ordinance Tuesday [Oct. 27]

-- Williamsport Sun: Hughesville Boro Nears Approval Of A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Lycoming County

-- PennLive: Gregg Twp. Supervisors Approved Conditional Use For A.I. Data Center Project In Union County Over Public Opposition

-- Williamsport Sun: Gregg Twp. Supervisors Give Approval To Start Work On A.I. Data Center In Union County

-- Williamsport Sun: PPL Shifts Power Route To Serve Data Center In Union County, But Farmers Remain Concerned

-- PennLive: Lower Swatara Twp. Moves To Develop A.I. Data Center Ordinance In Dauphin County

-- PennLive: Another A.I. Data Center Complex Could Replace Massive Warehouse Project In Swatara Twp., Dauphin County

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: A.I. Data Center Developer Delays Tenant Reveal Amid Potential ‘Revisions’ Of Plans In Middlesex Twp., Cumberland County

-- Courier Times: Falls Twp. To Introduce A.I. Data Center Zoning Ordinance Fix In Bucks County

-- Inquirer: Lower Merion Twp. Proposal Would Restrict A.I. Data Centers To Bala Cynwyd Industrial Corridor In Montgomery County

-- TribLive: Residents Rally Against Proposed Springdale A.I. Data Center Before Allegheny County Hearing 

-- Post-Gazette: In Last-Ditch Effort, Residents Plead With Allegheny County To Vote Against Springdale A.I. Data Center Proposal

-- Allegheny Valley Residents Rally To Urge Allegheny County To Deny Springdale A.I. Data Center Proposal; Still Time To Comment  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Las Vegas-Based A.I. Data Center Developer Reveals More Plans For 400 Acre Complex At Former Race Track In Big Beaver Boro, Beaver County

-- FracTracker Alliance: A.I. Data Center Developers Propose 12.5 GW Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants To Feed 12 Data Center Projects In Southwest PA  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square: DEP Data Center Tracker Has Critics As State Ranks 4th In Nation In Proposed Facilities

-- PennLive/LehighvalleyLive: Pennsylvania Now Has 80 Sites Targeted For A.I. Data Centers Statewide; We’ve Mapped, Tracked Each One

-- Pittsburgh Media Partnership: Pennsylvania A.I. Data Center Proposals Map

Permits

-- DEP Issued Air Quality Plan Approval Extension For Installation Of Emergency Generator For Innovation 411 Fee Owner LLC Data Center Chilled Water Expansion  Project In Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County  [PaEN] 

Public Participation/Meetings

-- DEP To Hold Dec. 3 Meeting/Hearing On Air Permit For Aligned AI PA Data Center Facilities In Shippingport Boro, Beaver County  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Dickinson Law School Hosts Nov. 5 In-Person Symposium On A.I. Data Centers - A Problem-Solving Approach  [PaEN]

-- PA Data Center Hearings & Meetings - Physicians For Social Responsibility PA

Politics

-- Spotlight PA: Who Hates A.I. Data Centers More? Incumbent Republican Sen. Pennycuick Or Democratic Challenger Chris Thomas?

-- Climate Power: Energy Affordability Driving Pennsylvanians To The Polls This Election

-- Spring-Ford Press: Sen. Katie Muth Sees Deeper Problems Behind PA’s Data Center Boom 

-- WESA: A.I. Data Centers Scrambled PA’s Political Map, But What Happens After Nov. 3?

[Posted: October 31, 2026]  PA Environment Digest