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Pennsylvania Dangles Permitting Carrot For Data Centers That Bring Their Own Power
Pennsylvania Dangles Permitting Carrot For Data Centers That Bring Their Own Power
Submitted by Ethan Howland of UtilityDive
Pennsylvania will give data center projects preferential permitting treatment if they commit to a set of power supply, environmental and cost-responsibility requirements under an executive order issued Tuesday by Gov. Josh Shapiro, D.
The state Department of Environmental Protection will develop the new review process. To receive a faster state permitting review, data center projects in Pennsylvania must source their electricity from new power supplies, including from growing amounts of firm clean power, according to...
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PJM Grid Mix Now Dominated By NatGas, Nuclear, Coal
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