As the demand for energy continues to rise rapidly to meet expanding data and artificial intelligence needs and increasing electrification, interest in nuclear power has been resurrected. Existing nuclear power technology in use at a number of nuclear reactors around the country is based on fission, which involves splitting atoms to create power. But fusion has long been seen as the ultimate nuclear goal, where energy is created by fusing atoms together , creating a chain rea

As Mid-Atlantic regional electric grid operator PJM Interconnection continues to struggle to develop rules for how data centers co-located with power plants should be connected to the grid, federal regulators have stepped in to provide direction. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently issued an order to PJM  to quickly develop the rules, and also provided several new pathways that data center operators and other large load customers can take when seeking to connect

Electric bills will continue to climb for customers in the PJM Interconnection regional electric grid after the most recent auction for future electricity totaled a record $16.4 billion due to rapidly rising demand for power. The grid operator for the 13-state Mid-Atlantic region, including Pennsylvania, has been struggling in recent years to meet rapidly rising demand and modernize its rules to bring new power supplies online quickly. Much of the increase in demand is due t

A recent Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office report gave an early Christmas gift to counties and municipalities across the state, forecasting that impact fees paid by unconventional natural gas well drillers will rise by 46% in 2025. The IFO recently released its 2025 impact fee estimate , which projects that $240 million will be collected, up substantially from last year’s total  of $164.4 million. The 2025 figure is expected to end two years of decline due to low prices

Natural gas production in Pennsylvania continued to show strong 2025 results, as a recent Independent Fiscal Office report  showed an increase in both the amount produced and new wells drilled. Production volume during the third quarter showed a 5.1% increase from the previous year, and overall production for the year so far is up 5.7% from 2024. “This would be the strongest increase in annual production since calendar year 2021 (6.9%) if it holds up,” the report  states. The

The independent market monitor for PJM has filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asking it to require the regional grid operator to add large data centers only when they can reliably be served. Monitoring Analytics  claims in the complaint “that PJM is currently proposing to allow the interconnection of large new data loads that it cannot serve reliably and that will require load curtailments (black outs) of the data centers or of other customers a