Inquirer Editorial: The Language Of ‘Opportunity’ Surrounding Shale Gas Fracking And A.I. Data Centers Sounds Distressingly Familiar As PA Joins Rush To Latest Promised Economic Boom [PaEN] tinyurl.com/4bk64hkz

"a kind of celebration of ignorance"

Plenty of potential in PA, too, but no action from "leaders": kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/commentary/b... @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social

The price of gas-fired electricity will continue to rise dramatically. www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

"China Has Overtaken America--And Trump’s policies guarantee that we will never catch up" by @pkrugman.bsky.social paulkrugman.substack.com/p/china-has-...

Power Lines: The Human Costs of American Energy in Transition by Sanya Carley (carleysanya.bsky.social) and David Konisky is out today! It tells the stories of families facing energy insecurity, workers navigating decline, and communities burdened by infrastructure and waste. https://bit.ly/46ycHe8

The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations spent four years propelling clean manufacturing and power projects. Now it’s been reduced to a shell of itself, and the U.S.’s clean innovation boom is fizzling out alongside it.

PJM wants to fast-track more gas-fired power. insideclimatenews.org/news/1310202...

The Trump administration wasted no time in tapping individuals with ties to fossil fuel industries and right-wing think tanks funded by oil tycoons for key environmental and energy policy positions, according to a new report.

China shows what energy dominance might look like. Not only does China export more clean tech than US does fossil fuels, Chinese exports are (i) accelerating, and (ii) highly diversified across products & destinations. This is a major warning sign for the US! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Why US Power Bills Are Surging www.wired.com/story/power-... @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social

“To a big segment of households — lower income-, even moderate-income households — it’s already a crisis,” said Kleinman Center Senior Fellow John Quigley (@johnhquigley.bsky.social).

I'm quoted i the @vox.com piece. @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social www.vox.com/climate/4632...

I'm quoted in this @insideclimatenews.org piece. Road-spreading of conventional oil and gas wastewater should be banned. @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0110202...

Putting the most expensive (and most polluting) generation on life support AND raising consumers' electricty bills.

A @ucs.org report finds that in 2024, PJM approved 16 transmission upgrade projects in PA for data centers, foisting $491.8 million in costs on to ALL ratepayers. $4.3 billion in such costs PJM-wide. H/T @aripeskoe.bsky.social www.ucs.org/sites/defaul...

China is meeting most of its new power demand with renewables, and rapidly electrifying its economy at the same time.

Want to reduce electricity bills 20% by 2030? Release the data! We have over 37GW of batteries, water heaters, etc that can participate in demand flexibilty. But without data access they can't bid into the PJM/MISO capacity auction to bring down costs.

Wall Street Journal: Spending On A.I. Data Centers At Epic Levels - Echoes Of Dot-Com Bubble tinyurl.com/3hbuv3hf [PDF of Article] tinyurl.com/mrydbf6m

The Center Square: Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Speak Out Against Governor’s Proposed RESET Energy Siting Bill To Override Local Land Use Controls [House Bill 502] www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania...

You won’t regret the 17 minutes. Marc Hirsh calls it a master class in discussion vs debate. Also, we can choose what divides us. #BernieSanders says it’s NOT left v. right. “I got a billion and you got nothing. That’s America.” Watch @schumer.senate.gov on that point. @moreperfectunion.bsky.social

Twenty years ago, Pennsylvania was a renewable energy leader. Now it lags far behind its peers. This is how we got here: insideclimatenews.org/news/2209202...

We can reduce electricity bills 20% by 2030 if we all promote demand flexbility programs. Tesla just announced that they sold their 1,000,000th powerwall. Millions of new water heaters, smart thermostats, home EV chargers, and other devices can be enrolled in demand flexibility programs.

Natural gas was pitched as a stopgap between fossil fuels and renewables. Instead, it has derailed Pennsylvania’s energy transition. insideclimatenews.org/news/2209202...

Natural gas companies argued that increasing production would lower Pennsylvanians’ electric bills. But in the last few years, residents’ bills have only gone up.

Texas has already broken an overwhelming 17 solar generation records this year, and battery storage isn’t far behind. Here’s how renewables and storage kept Texas’ grid rock solid this summer:

Morning Call: Air Products To Lay Off Employees At Lehigh Valley Plant; Teamsters Say Cuts Are A ‘Direct Result Of The Country’s Shift Away From Clean Energy Production’ www.mcall.com/2025/09/17/a...

New book on those who live on the frontlines of the energy transition, and why it is imperative that we center humans and communities as we plan for a decarbonized future! With David Konisky. Release date: Oct 13. Pre-order now: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... (code POWER2025 for 30% off)

NRDC: Another Proposed PJM Plan To Deal With Massive A.I. Data Center Electricity Demands Fails To Protect Consumers, Will Increase Electricity Bills Up To $100 Billion From 2028 To 2032 [PaEN] tinyurl.com/4wk5s6ez

Title: Public attitudes and community engagement in large-scale solar siting

!! New paper alert !! Check out our latest work from PhD students Sika and Wenrui iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Inside Climate News - Kyle Bagenstose: The A.I. Boom Is Coming For Pennsylvania, How Will Lawmakers Respond? insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...

“Legislators always play catch-up”: Will Pennsylvania address the challenges posed by the rapid development of data centers for AI?

I'm quoted in this @insideclimatenews.org piece. @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social. insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...

A new study estimates the health cost of the oil and gas industry including lifecycle annual burdens of 91,000 premature deaths to PM2.5, nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and ozone as well as 216,000 incidences of NO2-attributable childhood-onset asthma. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

US Energy Information Administration Expects Nearly 48% Increase In Natural Gas Prices Into Next Year Due To Flat Gas Production, Increased LNG Gas Exports www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/

Delaware Currents: Concerns About Water, Power Demands Surface As A.I. Data Centers Boom In Delaware River Watershed delawarecurrents.org/2025/09/08/p...

I'm quoted in this @delawarecurrent.bsky.social piece. delawarecurrents.org/2025/09/08/p... @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social

Congrats to @aoc.bsky.social's team on getting this passed! #energysky #greensky 🔌💡 ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-...

Utility Dive: Rising Natural Gas Prices Expected To Drive Up Electricity Costs tinyurl.com/yhxyctte

Utility Dive: PJM Stakeholders Overwhelmingly Pan Proposal For Data Center Connection; Instead Focus Should Be On Load Forecasting, Transmission Planning, Grid Interconnection tinyurl.com/3ay6kt6k

New Study Shows Schools In Pennsylvania Could Save Over $342 Million Over 25 Years By Using Solar Energy; Dauphin & Cumberland County Schools Could Save $26 Million [PaEN] tinyurl.com/m9efzc3j

PUC Chairman: Model Tariff For Connecting A.I. Data Centers To Local Electric Grid To Be Published For Comment By End Of September [PaEN] tinyurl.com/4z3fz4jv

Heat is predatory. It attacks the most vulnerable first: older people, those with weak hearts or lung conditions, pregnant, & ppl who are on certain drugs (like antidepressants) that can interfere with the body’s ability to regulate its internal temperature. & workers who spend >8 hr/day outdoors

An analysis found that real-time monitoring of hazardous pollutants from coal-fired power plants can yield nine times higher emission rates than traditional stack tests. Power sector trade groups and electric utilities say the systems are too costly, asking the EPA for relief. tinyurl.com/4jec49d6

Okay, 3 days later, an incomplete list of Trump admin policy with direct connections to making electricity more expensive. 1. Passage of the OBBB, which stripped tax credits from wind and solar (wind, solar, batteries are now ~90% of the interconnection queue) www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

I'm quoted in this @apnews.com piece. @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social apnews.com/article/trum...