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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, (PUC), they voted 3-2 yesterday to advance its ongoing review of large-load growth including hyperscale data centers. This will help by a Tentative Order being issued proposing a model tariff statewide in Pennsylvania to guide how large electric customers both connect to the grid and responsibly share costs. According to that same release from the PUC, here is some more information about this tentative order:

Background

• In March 2025, the Commission launched a proceeding to examine the grid impacts of data-center growth and other high-demand electric users, followed by a hearing in April 2025 that brought together utilities, consumer advocates, industry stakeholders, and members of the public.
• The Tentative Order adopted today reflects that input and outlines a model approach that utilities can use to help ensure timely, transparent, and fair interconnection of large loads, while protecting existing ratepayers and preserving long-term system reliability.

Highlights of the Tentative Order

• Defines large-load customers and aligns Pennsylvania’s approach with emerging practices across the PJM region.
• Strengthens protections for existing customers through cost-causation measures — including contributions-in-aid-of-construction, tiered collateral, and minimum contract terms.
• Encourages large-load customers to contribute toward programs that support low-income customers.
• Encourages faster, more transparent interconnections through clustered study timelines, optional independent studies, and limited customer-built upgrades meeting utility standards.
• Incentivizes flexibility by providing rate options for customers willing to accept interruptible or flexible service during peak system demand.
• Invites public feedback to refine these guidelines before a final order is issued.

How to Comment

The Tentative Order will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, triggering a 30-day public comment period. Interested parties may file comments as follows:

• By mail:
  Secretary, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
  Commonwealth Keystone Building, Second Floor
  400 North Street
  Harrisburg, PA 17120

• Electronically:
  Via the PUC’s e-File System

• Courtesy copy:
  Please email a Word-formatted version of comments to

pc-puc-tus-energy@pagov.onmicrosoft.com (attachments ≤ 3MB).

Note: Reply comments will not be permitted.

• A copy of the full Tentative Order along with other information related to the PUC’s study of issues related to large-load customers is available in the PUC public docket for this case: M-2025-3054271

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release yesterday that forty-seven-year-old Richard Fisher of McKees Rocks was arrested on the early morning of October 13th, 2025 for driving under the influence of drugs in Aliquippa that morning. Fisher was caught by police on the 1200 block of Constitution Boulevard at 1:21 a.m.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Nineteen-year-old Lamar Seymour of Aliquippa was sentenced yesterday to spend nineteen to forty years in jail for killing a fifteen-year-old boy in Aliquippa on July 8th, 2023. Seymour shot the teen, which ended up killing him that day as the victim was leaving a party near Knoll and Main roads in Aliquippa. Both Seymour and the victim were students at Aliquippa High School at the time of the murder and Seymour pleaded guilty to third-degree homicide on September 5th, 2025 in the case in exchange for some other charges being withdrawn.

(File Photo of the United Way of Beaver County Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The United Way of Beaver County has been recently awarded $40,000 in Matching Grants to help food pantries in Beaver County keep up with the rise in need that has been overwhelming. As of now, that company has already raised a total of $8,000 toward this match, but they need your help. You can donate to the United Way of Beaver County to help them match the $40,000 by going to the website below:

Click here to Donate: Donate | United Way of Beaver County

(File Photo: Caption for Photo: PennDOT, PSP, PTC, Construction Industry Highlight National Work Zone Awareness Week)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that tonight, weather permitting, overnight ramp closures on the I-376 (Parkway West)/I-79 interchange in Robinson and Collier townships in Allegheny County will continue. According to a release from PennDOT District 11, the ramps that carry eastbound (inbound) I-376 to northbound I-79 (Exit 64A) toward Erie and southbound I-79 to westbound (outbound) I-376 (Exit 59B) toward the Pittsburgh International Airport/Beaver will close for anti-icing system installation work according to the following schedule:

Weekend Ramp Closures

·         6:00 PM to 7:00 AM nightly Friday through Sunday, November 7-9

·         6:00 PM to 7:00 AM nightly Friday through Sunday, November 14-16

·         6:00 PM to 7:00 AM nightly Friday through Sunday, November 21-23

Weeknight Ramp Closures

·         6:00 PM to 5:00 AM nightly Monday through Thursday, November 10-13

·         6:00 PM to 5:00 AM nightly Monday through Thursday, November 17-20

·         6:00 PM to 5:00 AM nightly Monday and Tuesday, November 24-25

Traffic will be detoured as work occurs.

Posted Detour

Eastbound I-376 ramp to northbound I-79

·         From eastbound I-376, take the southbound I-79/Washington (Exit 64A) exit

·         Take the Carnegie (Exit 57) exit

·         Turn left onto West Main Street

·         Take the on-ramp to northbound I-79 toward Erie

·         End detour

Southbound I-79 ramp to westbound I-376

• Continue south on I-79
• Take the Carnegie (Exit 57) exit
• Turn left onto West Main Street
• Turn right onto the ramp to I-79 north toward Erie
• From northbound I-79, take the ramp to 376 West toward the Airport (Exit 59B)
• End detour

(File Photo: Caption for Photo: PennDOT, PSP, PTC, Construction Industry Highlight National Work Zone Awareness Week)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that on Monday, November 17th, weather permitting, the long-term closure of Commercial Street/Forward Avenue and Nine Mile Run Trail in the City of Pittsburgh will begin. Commercial Street/Forward Avenue will close to traffic between Whipple Street and Summerset Drive continuously around-the-clock until Friday, January 30th, 2026 starting at approximately 7 A.M. on Monday, November 17th, 2025. The Nine Mile Run Trail will close continuously around-the-clock to all bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the Nine Mile Run parking lot on the Swisshelm Park side and the Frick Park Commercial Street Parking lot on the Squirrel Hill side during this time. Motor vehicle traffic will be detoured, and according to PennDOT District 11, here are the detour routes for this closure as well as more information about this work:

Posted Detour

From Commercial Street on the Swisshelm Park side

·         From Commercial Street, turn onto Whipple Street

·         Turn left onto Monongahela Avenue

·         Turn left onto S Braddock Avenue

·         Turn left onto Forbes Avenue

·         Turn left onto Beechwood Boulevard

·         Continue to Forward Avenue

·         End Detour

From Forward Avenue on the Squirrel Hill side

·         Same detour in the opposite direction

 

• Crews continue to construct the new Commercial Street Bridge structure, requiring the transportation of cranes, lifting of beams, and relocating other heavy material over the roadway and trail. For the safety of the public, roadway and trail must be clear of vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic as through the work zone as these operations occur overhead.

(Photo Courtesy of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Caption for Photo: Kristin Butterworth at the Lautrec dining room in 2018. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Chef Kristin Butterworth, a three-time semi-finalist for the James Beard award, was called up to be the Executive Chef for the new Italian restaurant Cork & Crust, which will be the newest dining spot at the Oaklander Hotel in Pittsburgh coming soon. This hotel in the Steel City picked Butterworth because of her previous experience, which includes working at the restaurant Lautrec at Nemacolin Resort in Farmington, Pennsylvania. Butterworth became the first female chef in the United States of America to have her work elevate a restaurant to both a Forbes Five Star restaurant and a AAA Five Diamond Restaurant at the same time for her work at Lautrec.

(File Photo of Congressman Chris Deluzio)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) According to a release today from Congressman Chris Deluzio’s office, Deluzio (PA-17) announced today that his Public Service Worker Protection Act is gaining momentum and now has 50 co-sponsors, including his Republican co-lead on the measure, Pennsylvania Republican Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01). This bill seeks to give an expansion to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) to include all workers in the public sector under its defined safety protections on the job. The milestone of this legislation acheiving fifty co-sponsors is also occurring during the shutdown of the federal government of the United States of America, which is leaving federal workers totaling tens of thousands either working without pay or furloughed.

After more than five decades of electrifying performances, chart-topping hits, and timeless anthems, the iconic rock band Journey is saying goodbye the only way they know how — with a thunderous, full-throttle Final Frontier Tour spanning cities across North America, including Pittsburgh.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will entertain March 2 at PPG Paints Arena, promising to play global hits, including “Don’t Stop Believin,” “Any Way You Want It,” “Faithfully,” “Lights“ and more in a celebration of legacy, love and the fans who made it all possible. All dates will be A Special Evening With.

Citi is the official card of the tour and cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning 10 a.m. Tuesday. The general public on sale is 10 a.m. Friday.

A limited number of exclusive VIP Packages will be available offering premium reserved tickets, custom merchandise and more.

Journey features founder Neal Schon (lead guitarist), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, backing vocals), Arnel Pineda (lead vocals) Jason Derlatka (keyboards, vocals), Deen Castronovo (drums, vocals) and Todd Jensen (bass). Schon is a three-time Hall of Fame inductee, having been inducted to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Grammy Hall of Fame. Cain is a recipient of two BMI songwriter awards and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey.

“This tour is our heartfelt thank-you to the fans who’ve been with us every step of the way — through every song, every era, every high and low,” Schon said. “We’re pulling out all the stops with a brand-new production — the hits, the deep cuts, the energy, the spectacle. It’s a full-circle celebration of the music that’s brought us all together.

“As its founding member, I carry the Journey torch to this day, wherever I go. The sentiment and spirit of the band will always remain,” Schon added. “While this marks a farewell to one powerful chapter of the Journey we’ve shared, I want everyone to know I’m not done. Music is still burning strong inside me, and there are new creative horizons ahead. This tour is both a thank-you and the beginning of what’s next.”

“It’s been an incredible ride,” added Cain, “We’ve shared our music with millions and this tour is about gratitude, connection and one last chance to feel that magic together.  We wouldn’t want it any other way.”

“I’m honored to be part of this legacy and I’m grateful for having been welcomed with such open arms,” Pineda said. “Every night on stage has been a dream come true.”