Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.11.22

Are You Telling Your Story?Senate returns to session October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, November 15 [Adjourn for year]     -- Committee ScheduleHouse returns to session October 24, 25, 26, November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year]     -- Committee ScheduleTODAY’s Calendar Of Events  WEDNESDAY 9:00:  Agenda Posted. Environmental Quality Board meeting.  Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. ...

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PUC: Severe Weather Drove Record High Number Of Power Outage Events In 2021

A total of 63 “reportable outage events” during 2021 disrupted electric service to residents and businesses across Pennsylvania – all related to the impact of weather on the state’s power grid – marking a substantial increase over previous years and marking the highest number of incidents since the Public Utility Commission began collecting this type of reliability data in 1993.The PUC’s latest Electric Service Reliability Report details reliability...

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IRRC Sends Order Laying Out Formal Reasons For Disapproving The Final EQB Manganese Reg; EQB/DEP Now Have 40 Days To Decide How To Proceed

On October 11, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission formally sent DEP its order laying out the reasons for its September 15 disapproval of the final Environmental Quality Board regulation setting a water quality standard for manganese DEP said would protect public health and aquatic life. The EQB/DEP will now have 40 days-- until November 20-- to decide whether to resubmit the regulation to IRRC with or without changes, if they...

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Chesapeake Bay Executive Council Elects EPA Administrator As Chair, Starts Discussion On Steps Needed For States To Get Closer To Meeting 2025 Pollution Reduction Milestones

On October 11, members of the Chesapeake Executive Council met for their annual meeting and elected EPA Administrator Michael Regan chair and began the discussion of the steps needed for states to get closer to meeting the 2025 pollution reduction milestones. The Council includes governors of Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, the mayor of the District of Columbia, the chair of the tri-state legislative Chesapeake...

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