Canadian bitcoin mining and data center company Bitfarms Ltd. said it is close to completing the acquisition of two coal-fired power plants through its purchase of Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. The 85 MW Scrubgrass and 80 MW Panther Creek plants are both located in Pennsylvania.

For Gov. Josh Shapiro, that means considering anything and everything to solve the problem – like leaving PJM, the regional transmission organization that manages the power grid for 65 million people east of the Mississippi.

Regional grid operator PJM Interconnection has selected Dominion Energy, AEP, and FirstEnergy to develop critical transmission projects.

The companies will develop the projects through the recently formed Valley Link Transmission Company LLC joint venture.

Pennsylvania isn’t the only state with a power problem. It’s the same story across the Delaware River in New Jersey: increasing demand and dwindling supply. Add those two issues together,

In both Pennsylvania and the surrounding region, a perfect storm is brewing in the energy sector. Rising demand for electricity and retiring power plants are on a collision course, and if Pennsylvania does not take action now, the reliable power we all depend on is at risk.

Regional power coordinators this week approved a new list of proposed transmission line projects, including a 765-kilovolt line that is planned to cross through northern Loudoun.

Pennsylvania is one of 13 states that relies on regional power grid operator PJM Interconnection to both ensure reliable electric flow from power plants to local utilities and to oversee the ...

Imagine you’re the manager of an all-night diner, the kind with a counter up front where customers can watch the kitchen work and hot black coffee fills heavy white mugs

In a bid to stave off an escalating power crisis, NAES, one of the largest independent power plant operators in the U.S., and Gecko Robotics, a leader in

A Canada-based crypto mining company is acquiring two Pennsylvania coal-fired power plants as part of its purchase of a digital mining group.