MJL Morning Briefing | | From Matt Leonard · Monday, July 27, 2026 | TOP STORY PPL Electric Utilities filed eminent domain actions at the PA PUC against 30 Sugarloaf Township properties for its 500-kilovolt Sugarloaf Transmission Project, offering owners from several thousand dollars to more than $88,000. Fox56 / The Center Square | Energy Industry PPL Corporation signed the nonbinding federal Ratepayer Protection Pledge July 23, citing its newly approved LP-6 rate class requiring data centers to post financial security, minimum bills and up-front payment for assignable upgrades. WHYY Constellation Energy Generation received DEP permits for 200,000- and 50,000-gallon storage tanks at its Londonderry Township, Dauphin County data center power project, as nuclear supplied 32,681 MW of PJM's 106,887 MW generation this morning. PA Environment Digest DEP is adopting regulations limiting methane emissions from conventional and unconventional gas infrastructure, with details scheduled for presentation at the August 6 Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting. PA Environment Digest | National Politics Majority Leader John Thune set a 5:30 p.m. procedural vote tonight on Jay Clayton for DNI and a Tuesday procedural vote on the revised Russia sanctions bill; Sen. Mike Lee is threatening to force a vote blocking August recess. Punchbowl News AAA's national average hit $4.11 a gallon, and Democratic-aligned groups have run nearly all broadcast advertising on fuel costs since the Iran war began, targeting Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) among others. Punchbowl News The Senate Commerce Committee holds a July 30 hearing titled "Intelligent Networks: Powering Artificial Intelligence and Transforming Communications," one of three AI-focused Senate hearings scheduled for this week. Punchbowl News Roughly 350,000 Haitians lose Temporary Protected Status and work permits today after the Supreme Court cleared the program's termination, with ICE planning an arrest-and-deportation push as soon as this week. NYT The Morning | PA & NJ Politics House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries unveiled the "Fighting for an Affordable America" agenda Sunday at a Bethlehem steelworkers hall alongside Gov. Josh Shapiro, backing PA-7 challenger Bob Brooks 100 days from Nov. 3. Associated Press Every Pennsylvania Republican in Congress backs the SAVE America Act, but none — including Sen. Dave McCormick, one of its most prominent Senate advocates — has challenged the debunked 2020 fraud claims Trump uses to justify it. Philadelphia Inquirer Davis caps three-county tour as Rise Up Pennsylvania opens midterm push Lt. Gov. Austin Davis finished a Blair, Erie and Indiana county weekend tour Sunday, kicking off Rise Up Pennsylvania's canvassing weekend of action 100 days before the Nov. 3 general election. Indiana Gazette | On the Floor — Next Session House · Bill On Concurrence (keywords: data center, data centers) PA General Assembly Senate · Third Consideration (keywords: data center, data centers) PA General Assembly | Pittsburgh Sports Ryan O'Hearn hit a grand slam on his 33rd birthday and rookies Esmerlyn Valdez and Shawn Ross homered as Pittsburgh survived Seiya Suzuki's ninth-inning two-run shot, with Mason Montgomery recording his second save. ESPN Pittsburgh players report to Saint Vincent College on Tuesday for Mike McCarthy's first camp as head coach, with the first practice open to the public Wednesday at 11 a.m. and the first padded practice Aug. 3. Steelers.com | Market Snapshot | PJM West Hub (RT) | $36.26/MWh | | PJM AEP-Dayton (RT) | $35.63/MWh | | PJM Capacity 28/29 | $325.00/MW-day | | Henry Hub | $2.80/MMBtu +1.8% | | WTI Crude | $84.44/bbl -6.7% |
As of Jul 27, 9:35 a.m. EPT (PJM RT) | Curated by Matt Leonard. Numbers from real endpoints only. |
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