PJM declared a Hot Weather Alert for its Mid-Atlantic and Southern regions for June 11-12 as temperatures top 90F, forecasting a peak near 147,478 MW today and 140,840 MW tomorrow; real-time RTO energy cleared at $28.64/MWh and Western Hub at $30.12/MWh as of 8:08 a.m.

Utility Dive reports not-for-profit utilities are leaning on storage to manage data-center-driven load: Texas's Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative is scaling a residential-battery pilot from 2 MW toward 50 MW, and U.S. utility-scale storage is on track to approach 65 GW by the end of 2026.

A year after Gov. Shapiro touted Amazon's roughly $20 billion Pennsylvania data-center investment near Berwick, PoliticsPA reports the politics have shifted, with state Sen. Rosemary Brown publishing an op-ed pressing for residents to have a voice in siting as Shapiro's data-center tax incentives head into June 30 budget talks.

The Pennsylvania House on June 10 passed a bill 139-63 extending the state's 5% gross-receipts tax to digital advertising -- banner, search and pop-up ads -- which Democrats estimate could raise about $500 million a year from firms like Google, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft; an amendment steering the money to senior property-tax relief drew Republican votes.

Removed from table, June 10, 2026

(Remarks see House Journal Page ), June 10, 2026

Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, June 10, 2026

Referred to ENERGY, June 3, 2026

Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, May 12, 2025

Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, May 12, 2025

Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, May 12, 2025

The Labor Department reported June 10 that consumer prices rose 0.5% in May and 4.2% over the year -- the hottest reading in more than three years -- with the energy index up 3.9% on the month and 23.5% over 12 months, accounting for more than 60% of May's increase.

With Section 702 surveillance powers set to lapse June 12, Speaker Mike Johnson fast-tracked a short-term extension to July 2 for a Thursday vote needing a two-thirds majority -- and likely to fail -- amid a Democratic standoff over Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence.

Tyler Callihan hit the first two home runs of his career -- a solo shot off Shohei Ohtani and a go-ahead three-run blast in the eighth off Kyle Hurt -- and Spencer Horwitz added a two-run homer as Pittsburgh erased a 6-1 deficit to beat Los Angeles 9-8 on June 10 and end a four-game losing streak.

With the NHL Draft and July 1 free agency approaching, NHL Rumors reported June 9 that Penguins GM Kyle Dubas is seeking an impact forward in his late 20s -- names like Jason Robertson and Dylan Larkin have surfaced -- with Pittsburgh holding the No. 22 pick and roughly $37.9 million in projected cap space.