New PA Bill Coming to Build Data Centers & Gas Power Faster, Cheaper

Data centers and the gas-fired power plants that will provide electricity to them are all the rage these days, particularly in Pennsylvania. After years of no new gas-fired power plants being announced in the Keystone State due to the attempt by PA's governors to inflict a carbon tax on them, there has been a flurry of new announcements (see Surging Interest in Building Data Centers in PA; 6 Announced So Far). Most, if not all, of the new planned power plants will be "behind the meter"---captive to serving data centers and not flowing electricity to the general grid. We suppose they are gambling that Gov. Josh Shapiro won't win his case to impose the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) carbon tax. A new bill being floated in Harrisburg will make it easier to build new data centers (and gas-fired power plants) in PA.

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