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Lawmakers hear unified warnings on rising energy bills, probe data centers and market fixes
Summary
A joint House hearing on Jan. 26 examined why Pennsylvanians face rising energy bills, focusing on capacity-market spikes, data‑center demand growth, transmission and interconnection problems, and policy options including large-load tariffs, consumer safeguards and support for low‑income households.
A joint hearing of the Pennsylvania House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities committees on Jan. 26 brought regulators, grid operators, utilities, consumer advocates and industry groups together to review why electricity and heating bills are rising and what the General Assembly might do.
Chairs and witnesses repeatedly pointed to a supply-and-demand mismatch. Asim Haque of PJM Interconnection described the system as “the air traffic controller for electricity” and warned that rapidly growing demand — in particular from data centers — is tightening supply. “When supply and demand fundamentals are tight, market prices increase,”…
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