Pennsylvania

August 28, 2026

On August 18, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed Executive Order 2026-05, converting the Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Standards into the governing path for every project over 25 MW peak.

August 21, 2026

Governor Josh Shapiro signed Executive Order 2026-05 on August 18, pulling AI data center proposals out of Pennsylvania's Fast Track program, banning developer NDAs, and requiring local approval plus full cost responsibility for generation, transmission, distribution, water conservation, and annual energy and water reporting before DEP will process permits.

July 24, 2026

Pennsylvania's House passed HB 2496, which would let municipalities pause new applications for six months; the state Senate hadn't voted before recess, according to a thin single-source report.

July 11, 2026

Wausau's Plan Commission endorsed conditional-use rules requiring water, thermal, sound, and sustainability studies, and a JD Supra analysis argues Pennsylvania's existing curative amendment process delivers what moratoria only promise.

June 28, 2026

Pennsylvania's House advanced municipal six-month pause authority and tax-credit conditions.

May 28, 2026

Pennsylvania and New Jersey governors roll out conditional incentive frameworks that signal where national regulation is heading.

May 26, 2026

Pennsylvania shows the state-level version of the same fracture: four House bills passed with bipartisan support, but Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman is holding for a "holistic" framework.

May 25, 2026

Texas, Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania already require formal load-interconnection review for large electricity users.

May 22, 2026

Risk: Virginia's framework will likely travel to Maryland, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

May 21, 2026

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is losing his base after a 2021 tax-incentive law moved faster than community engagement.

May 19, 2026

Out of state, New Jersey faces a 60-group coalition petition and five legislative bills targeting 20 MW-plus facilities, Pennsylvania's House passed four bills the Senate has stalled, and Utah's HB 60 has narrowed the State Engineer's "public welfare" authority to water pollution and scarcity grounds.

April 27, 2026

Pennsylvania's DEP is processing Amazon air permits for 86 diesel and 280 gas-fired generators across two counties while a House resolution studies whether the state should leave PJM at all.

April 20, 2026

Pennsylvania's Slate Belt is papered with "NO DATA CENTERS ON OUR FARMS" signs as Peron Development and J.G. Petrucci's 1.2 GW, 450-acre Lower Mount Bethel project seeks agricultural-to-industrial rezoning.

April 19, 2026

Pennsylvania's House passed HB 2150 (mandatory energy and water reporting starting July 1, 2027) and HB 2151 (optional model zoning), both now facing a Republican Senate where Sen. Coleman has floated a three-year moratorium and Rep. Craig Williams's HB 2372 would force data centers to pay full interconnection costs.

April 6, 2026

Pennsylvania and West Virginia are the only PJM states currently exporting energy, with Virginia's 35% share of global hyperscale data centers drawing heavily on imports.

March 22, 2026

Pennsylvania's House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee will consider HB 2246 on March 23, targeting water withdrawal oversight specifically for data centers.

March 14, 2026

Pennsylvania's 53 active proposals are generating their own backlash.

March 11, 2026

Pennsylvania offers a contrast worth watching.

March 9, 2026

In Pennsylvania, a 500-kV line across John Zola's 40-acre property in Sugarloaf exemplifies the fight: 240-foot steel towers looming over orchards and homes.

March 8, 2026

Pennsylvania: State Sen. Katie Muth announced bipartisan legislation for a three-year moratorium on hyperscale datacenters