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Webinar: A Pathway to Energy Affordability for Pennsylvania Join PennFuture and CVPA on Tuesday, February 10th at 6 PM for a webinar to learn how our new Energy Affordability Agenda can direct Pennsylvania’s state leaders to lower our energy bills with a clean...

Tonight at 6- Join us w/ @conservationpa.bsky.social for our webinar, "A Pathway to Energy Affordability in Pennsylvania," & learn how our Energy Affordability Plan can guide PA’s leadership toward a sustainable future that'll lower our energy bills

RSVP: action.conservationpa.org/a/energy-aff...

TAKE ACTION: We cannot allow DEP to let these dirty coal plants to continue operating, potentially reaping millions in profit — while paying minimum penalties—while slowly, or perhaps never, installing required water pollution control.

Write to DEP here: secure.everyaction.com/OPHaHk0FG0iO...

Coal-fired power plants produce toxic ash from the burning of the coal, which results in what’s known as “coal bottom ash transport water.” It often contains concentrated pollutants like arsenic and mercury.

Now, however, they claim the opposite: they can become profitable because of the building of energy-hungry data centers & the lack of a meaningful plan in the Commonwealth to limit or price carbon pollution.

These plants publicly committed to retiring in 2028. They told DEP that they weren’t making enough money to justify keeping their facilities up to date with water pollution controls, citing market forces that made the power from coal-fired power plants too expensive to compete.

Because the owners of these coal plants want to keep making money, they are seeking an agreement with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to keep operating & keep polluting past their expiration date.

🧵Tell @pennsylvaniadep.bsky.social - Hold Strong & Don’t Reward Dirty Coal Plants for Delaying in Addressing Water Pollution!

We need to look at a future where our energy is more reliable and cheaper.

Today, PennFuture and @conservationpa.bsky.social share the long-term solutions for #EnergyAffordability in PA.

Pennsylvania’s energy future is being shaped right now — and students are paying attention. CVPA and @PennFuture recently met with CMU Sustainable Earth students to talk about fracking, renewable ener... TikTok video by Conservation Voters of PA

PA’s energy future is being shaped right now — and students are paying attention

CVPA & @pennfuture.bsky.social recently met with CMU students to talk about fracking who highlight why transparency, accountability, and smart clean energy investments matter more than ever www.tiktok.com/t/ZThf9QVsR/

PennFuture Reacts to Governor Shapiro's PA Budget 2026-27 Address:

Pennsylvanians need more than a failed “all-of-the-above” approach that will only increase dependence on dirty, volatile, and unreliable fossil fuels.

For full statement: www.pennfuture.org/News-PennFut...

YouTube video by Pa. House Video House Session -- February 3, 2026

COMING UP SOON: Governor Shapiro's PA Budget Address
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI1v...

Opponents of Homer City power plant and data center air concerns at community gathering At a community meeting Sunday about the natural gas-powered data center project near Homer City, activists and residents expressed concerns ranging from environmental to economic and health impacts. T...

PennFuture's Kat Marquez spoke at the community meeting on the data center project near Homer City.

“Is it better than coal? Not really. While you can argue it emits less carbon dioxide, it does release higher methane gas and radium, which poisons our air and water.”

triblive.com/local/westmo...

PA HOUSE ENERGY COMMITTEE 2.02.26

PennFuture’s President & CEO Patrick McDonnell testified this morning on House Bill 1834 - an Act providing for the regulation of data centers.

#datacenter #pennsylvania #datacenters

Energy Committee -- February 2, 2026 YouTube video by Pa. House Video

HAPPENING NOW: PennFuture’s Patrick McDonnell testifying at the House Energy Committee on data centers: www.youtube.com/live/OlLYSoT...

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we celebrate Black legislators who advocate for policy solutions that will create a better future for all.

Rep. Lindsay Powell (HD-21 Allegheny County) scored a 100% on the 2023-2024 PA Environmental Scorecard and advocates for safe and dignified housing for all.

Want to see how else PennFuture is working to reduce our high energy bills? Check out and endorse our Energy Affordability Agenda: action.conservationpa.org/a/energy-aff...

With thousands of clean energy projects stuck in the approval process and a surge of demand from energy-intensive data centers, the price cap serves as a safeguard against ratepayer harm caused by market dysfunctions.

If adopted, the cap will protect Pennsylvanians sharp price spikes without harming grid reliability.

This cap will keep electricity affordable for residents while PJM fixes issues with the broken capacity market.

PennFuture submitted comments in support of a price cap that limits how much Pennsylvanians pay for electric capacity.

💸Pennsylvanians want relief from our high energy bills.

❗That’s why this week PennFuture submitted comments to regional grid operator PJM, urging them to fix their broken system before sticking Pennsylvanians with the cost.

Data centers = massive demand.
Clean energy = stuck in line.
Fossil fuels = volatile prices.

The result? PA families pay more.

Our plan cuts costs by building affordable renewables faster — and making big energy users pay their fair share: action.conservationpa.org/a/energy-aff...

YouTube video by PennFuture Media What is the Trump Administration’s interest in Venezuela’s oil? #oilstates #oil

ASK ROB:
Why isn’t the U.S energy independent?

#venezuelaoil #oildrilling

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Power plant outages surge in Eastern US amid restricted gas supplies and frigid weather Constricted natural gas supplies and frigid temperatures cut the electricity output of the region's generation fleet.

Gas pipelines froze (again) on Sunday causing power outages.

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

#Gaspipeline #Pennsylvania #ElectricityBill

PJM NOW app showing current electricity prices in #Pennsylvania.

The #DataCenter Nextdoor: what municipalities need to understand!

We’ve highlighted a few excerpts from Brigitte Meyer’s interview from Public Source but we encourage everyone to read this great article that looks at what happened in Allegheny County:

www.publicsource.org/springdale-d...

Lucky for them, we put together a compilation of clear, actionable solutions that will lower Pennsylvanians’ household energy bills and bring down costs for local businesses.

Check out our Energy Affordability Plan with @conservationpa.bsky.social: www.pennfuture.org/Files/Admin/...

YouTube video by Pa. House Video Energy + Consumer Protection, Technology, & Utilities Committees Info Meeting -- January 20, 2026

HAPPENING SOON- Today at 11AM, the chairs of the PA House Energy and Consumer Protections, Technology & Utilities committees are holding a joint informational meeting to discuss the causes of and the potential solutions to our state’s rising energy costs.

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTIL...

Add Your Name to Support the Energy Affordability Agenda Add your voice to show our leaders in Harrisburg that the time to address our out of control electric bills with bold, commonsense, 21st century solutions is now!

PA residents are paying more every month for electricity — and the causes are no mystery. Overreliance on costly fossil fuels and inaction in Harrisburg have pushed us into an energy affordability crisis.