US Data Center Briefing · June 27, 2026

Pennsylvania's HB 2650 sets a 10%-to-32% clean-energy ramp; the $517.2M is a budget-table figure, not the fiscal note

Pennsylvania HB 2650 GRID certification clean firm energy ramp 10% to 32% HB 2650 fiscal note projects $0 General Fund impact FY 2025/26-2026/27 MIT model: flexible load cuts costs 5% in Texas, raises Mid-Atlantic CO2 3% McGregor TX April 13 2026 council economic-development item for Project Merlin

Feature is the Pennsylvania HB 2496/2650/2198 package, anchored on HB 2650’s GRID thresholds and the provenance of the $517.2M figure. Lead opens on the current Senate-pending status and the fiscal-note-vs-budget-table distinction. Secondaries: MIT flexible-load paper and McGregor Project Merlin. The $517.2M figure and the KWTX Project Merlin acreage/investment claims are trade/secondary only, so both go in ‘Reported, not primary-verified’ rather than the body. Avoided absence-framing from the synthesis reports — stated positive facts (April 13 agenda items, Helios specs) instead of cataloguing what was not found. Only one entity anchor (Texas) has a resolved slug; all PA legislative entities and Galaxy Digital had no co-pilot match, so no anchors emitted for them. No auto_signals on any input, so no ‘Today’s filings’ section. No also_today_stories, so no ‘Also today’ section.

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