Anya Litvak

Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station near Harrisburg in 2016. Owner Constellation Energy Corp. plans to restart the Unit 1 reactor to power data centers. (Robert J. Polett/Design Pics/Zuma Press/TNS)

Pennsylvania utility regulators propose special treatment for data centers

November 24, 2025 at 11:37 a.m.

The wave of energy-hungry data centers cresting over an old utility grid is often described as unprecedented. So it’s hard for utility regulators to lean on history for a roadmap.

A Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid vehicle, charges Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022 at the IBEW 134 NECA In-tech Technical Institute in Alsip, Ill. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Electric vehicle fees could double for Pennsylvania drivers next year

June 17, 2025 at 7:01 a.m.

Come next year, if a recently enacted Pennsylvania EV registration fee is layered on top of a proposed federal fee in the "One Big Beautiful Bill" making its way through...

Rescue workers continue to search, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, for Elizabeth Pollard, who is believed to have disappeared in a sinkhole while looking for her cat, in Marguerite, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

The sinkhole where a Westmoreland County woman died is unusual. But sinkholes themselves are not.

December 7, 2024 at 12:56 p.m.

What appears to have happened to Elizabeth Pollard, the 64-year-old woman whose body was recovered from a sinkhole 30 feet deep, is unusual. But sinkholes aren’t. They’re just typically much...

Electric utility rates will be reset across Pennsylvania on Dec. 1, as companies update the cost of the electricity they buy on behalf of customers who choose not to shop for it themselves. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)

Pennsylvania utility prices are about to be reset for the winter. What you need to know.

November 24, 2023 at 6:51 a.m.

Pennsylvania electricity rates are about to change again and, for once, consumers may be pleasantly surprised.

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