At the CROW Community Gathering on February 1st, 2026, we collected a wide array of questions from attendees. These questions have been sorted and sent to the appropriate entities for response. We are sharing them here as part of our commitment to transparency, and will make all official answers public as soon as they are received. Please note that the same question may be submitted to multiple entities until a response is received. We appreciate the range and thoughtful tone of these queries and believe it is important for the public to see the depth of engagement within our community.
Center Township Supervisors; Homer City Borough Council
Sent on March 9, 2026 to: Homer City Borough Manager, Tonya Weller, tweller@homercity.com, Homer City Mayor, Kyle Cobaugh, kyle.cobaugh@gmail.com. Sent on March 10, 2026 to: Matt Housholder, Paul Colgan, & Jim Bence, centertwp@verizon.net.
- What will happen with housing after construction?
- Awaiting Response
- How much noise and light pollution will there be compared to the old power plant?
- Awaiting Response
- How will local residence and water authority be protected from depletion, sedimentation, low pressure and higher bills?
- Awaiting Response
- How is all this development going to affect our local electric bills?
- Awaiting Response
- What can residents living along 8-mile, 2-lane Blacklick Road do to stop roadway damage and pollution from the HCR project? An attendee says he lives on that road along with farmers, working-class people, and retirees who live there and want to live there for a reason. This rural 2-lane road is now going to be congested with noise and traffic. He says that residents on that road, more than anyone, are going to be adversely impacted by this project, including devaluation of property values.
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- If we share electricity on the grid, do we need another power plant? What about uses of lithium batteries for backup generation given what happened at Moss Landing, Monterey County, CA, where lithium batteries caught fire?
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- What about the costs of building the project itself? It’s private but what are the infrastructure costs that will fall on local governments, such as widening the roads? That money could go to addressing community needs – substance abuse programs, mental health, public transit. What, in other words, are the opportunity costs of building the data center? What other projects are we giving up? A step down this road means fewer steps down other roads. Won’t we lose future jobs in other areas if this is built?
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- What about jobs leaving the area because of the power plant and data center? Also, citing the Mon Valley development in Allegheny County, what happens to people who cannot leave the area and must bear the cost of pollution with fewer resources now that others have left?
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- Please explain how tax incentives are related to this project. Has the township been promised tax revenue?
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- What is the anticipated noise pollution?
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- What does sound and light pollution look like on a local level when this project is finished. Besides a few jobs, why isn’t the community forcing concessions on the project, such as improved local roads, mine drainage cleanup, etc. Specifically speaking about the Coral-Graceton and HC communities.
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- Will it actually serve people well in our area–what are the short and long-term benefits and to whom?
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- Does Homer City Redevelopment have a community engagement plan for actually supporting community initiatives?
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- How does this impact the taxes in Center Township?
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- Will power plant road be opening back up to the public?
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- What “pre” air and water metrics will be taken? How and when will these metrics be measured and reported? To the community?
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- In the event of a power outage, what priorities exist for the plant?
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- Is the government subsidizing this endeavor w/taxpayer dollars? Is this tax-exempt?
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- How much will tax payers foot the bill?
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- What will the economic benefit be for the community?
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- What will the impact on local housing be?
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- Will there be an increase in energy costs?
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- Is there any benefit to locals besides a small number of jobs?
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- How would Western PA prepare for excessive water usage and Marcellus drilling contamination and effects?
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- Clean air, emissions, fracking across the state, lack of permanent jobs, impact of having 4000 people coming to town for a year, where will they be housed? Fed? How will we handle the increase in crime?
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- Who is responsible for oversight?
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- Who is responsible for providing transparency on this project?
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Homer City Redevelopment
Sent on March 9, 2026 to: Robin Gorman, rgorman@homercityredevelopment.com, info@homercityredevelopment.com
Robin Gorman replied, confirming receipt of our email on March 12, 2026.
- What happens when the AI Bubble pops?
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- What will happen with housing after construction?
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- Why is everything a secret?
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- What protections are in place to ensure that grid upgrade costs will not be passed onto customers? How will you ensure that local residents are not bearing the financial burden of servicing private data centers?
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- What happens if no company invests in the data center? What if funding is pulled?
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- Is the center going to cause utility pricing to increase?
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- Where is the electricity coming from? Increased electric consumption leads to higher bills.
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- How much noise and light pollution will there be compared to the old power plant?
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- Who is directly profiting from this?
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- Will the excess electricity (if any) go back into the grid?
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- Does HCR plan on having a public hearing?
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- How much prime – for farming topsoil is being displaced and wasted?
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- What will the housing market look like? Will they be purchasing or renting any homes?
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- If legislation puts limits on AI due to malicious content, is there a risk of the center being closed?
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- Why was renewable energy not considered for the space?
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- What jobs can be created without the AI data center?
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- How is all this development going to affect our local electric bills?
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- Why do residents pay for HCR’s energy and water usage? We live here, you do not.
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- Do you know why Gov. Shapiro is pushing this data center development so much?
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- If we share electricity on the grid, do we need another power plant? What about uses of lithium batteries for backup generation given what happened at Moss Landing, Monterey County, CA, where lithium batteries caught fire?
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- There are hazards with the use of diesel-fueled backup generators. PJM is encouraging use of backup generators when there are high prices. They are regulated rather lightly and were not meant to be used regularly. How can the public be assured that these hazards have been taken into account?
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- What is AI used for?
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- How much of the energy generated from the proposed fracked-gas plant will go to power the data center?
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- A local farmer mentioned that she has experienced droughts and water restrictions, most recently including a 6-month drought. How will the added pressure on our watersheds from the power plant and data center be taken into account?
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- Why are electricity prices going up?
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- What tax incentives have the developers been promised?
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- What is the anticipated noise pollution?
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- Will any additional power generated be released back into the grid?
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- Does Homer City Redevelopment have a community engagement plan for actually supporting community initiatives?
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- Will these new jobs actually be going to local residents?
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- What “pre” air and water metrics will be taken? How and when will these metrics be measured and reported? to the community?
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- How many Marcellus wells are anticipated?
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- In the event of a power outage, what priorities exist for the plant?
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- Is the government subsidizing this endeavor w/taxpayer dollars? Is this tax-exempt?
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- How much will tax payers foot the bill?
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- Where is the massive amount of water and electricity going to continuously come from? What is their plan for a backup of electrical supply?
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- Do the owners/investors have a plan in effect to subsidize a portion of the residents’ water bills and electricity bills? How does this Company plan on lessening the environmental impact on wildlife and the release of toxic chemicals into the water and atmosphere?
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- What is the true cost of the center, where is that being paid from, who is in charge, what government officials have signed on it, what regulations are being waived. Who sold the plant? How do we contact the plant once it is built?
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- Why are there no power plants based on renewable energy being proposed?
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- How many temporary jobs will be provided by each part of the project (energy production, AI center)?
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- How many permanent jobs will be provided by each part of the project?
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- Will there be an increase in energy costs?
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Indiana County Commissioners; Indiana County Office of Planning & Development
Sent on March 9, 2026 to: Commissioner Bonnie Dunlap, bdunlap@indianacountypa.gov, Commissioner Sherene Hess, shess@indianacountypa.gov, Commissioner R. Michael Keith – Chairman, mkeith@indianacountypa.gov,Byron G. Stauffer, Jr., Executive Director, byronjr@ceo.co.indiana.pa.us, LuAnn Zak, Assistant Director, lzak@ceo.co.indiana.pa.us, Nick Rado, Deputy Director, Permitting & Facilities Management, nrado@ceo.co.indiana.pa.us, Josh Krug, AICP, Deputy Director, Planning, jkrug@ceo.co.indiana.pa.us, Dana P. Henry, Chief, Economic Development, dphenry@ceo.co.indiana.pa.us
Indiana County Office of Planning & Development: Byron Stauffer replied, acknowledging receipt of our email on March 9, 2026, stating they would review it as a team and promptly advise.
- Was there a conflict of interest when the then county commissioner resigned and joined Homer City Development?
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- Why should consumers pay more for electricity they use? Why don’t they pay for it?.
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- Is it too late to stop this? Everyone I talk to is telling me it’s too late.
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- Concerned about the lack of imagination and questioning how this contributes to providing meaningful jobs to people.
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- Is there a way toward serving this boondoggle with renewable energy that its developers might accept? Since it’s not stoppable, what’s a responsible citizen to do?
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- How can you guarantee that Indiana county will not become a place to avoid?
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- Why has there been zero transparency from our elected representatives?
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- What will happen with housing after construction?
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- Will it actually serve people well in our area–what are the short and long-term benefits and to whom?
- Awaiting Response
- Does Homer City Redevelopment have a community engagement plan for actually supporting community initiatives?
- Awaiting Response
- What “pre” air and water metrics will be taken? How and when will these metrics be measured and reported? To the community?
- Awaiting Response
- What will the impact on local housing be?
- Awaiting Response
- How would Western PA prepare for excessive water usage and Marcellus drilling contamination and effects?
- Awaiting Response
- Who is responsible for oversight?
- Awaiting Response
- Who is responsible for providing transparency on this project?
- Awaiting Response
- What happens when the AI Bubble pops?
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- Who is directly profiting from this?
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- Why was renewable energy not considered for the space?
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- How many Marcellus wells are anticipated?
- Awaiting Response
Homer-Center School Board
Sent on March 9, 2026 to: Ralph Cecere, Superintendent, rcecere@homercenter.org, Erin Collins, Administrative Assistant, ecollins@homercenter.org
- Has the Homer City School district shown any concern?
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- Have they made any statements? The kids who go to Homer-Center will be most impacted. The audience member has three kids who attend Homer-Center. She says we should think about why the school has not addressed this yet.
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- What financial gain from this project has the school district been promised by the developers?
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Department of Environmental Protection
Acknowledgement email received on March 10, 2026.
- Can the DEP explain how it evaluated cumulative air pollution impacts of the proposed 4.5 GW gas plant powering these data centers, and how it will protect public health from increased emissions of particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and other pollutants?
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- Data centers require significant water for cooling. What assessments have been done on the availability and sustainability of local water resources, and how will the project prevent strain on community water supplies?
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- Given that the project would emit more greenhouse gases than nearly any other source in the state, what measures are being considered to mitigate climate impacts?
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- How much noise and light pollution will there be compared to the old power plant?
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- There are concerns over emissions from the back-up generators. How will this impact us?
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- Will the plant use natural gas?
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- Is this plant located in an Environmental Justice community?
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- What will the environmental effect be of the construction and post-construction activities of the data center?
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- Does the DEP plan on having a public hearing?
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- How much prime – for farming topsoil is being displaced and wasted?
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- Why was renewable energy not considered for the space?
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- How much pollution will the data center create? Will it increase electric bills?
- Awaiting Response
- How will local residence and water authority be protected from depletion, sedimentation, low pressure and higher bills?
- Awaiting Response
- Where will the data center’s water be sourced from? Will water be released into the same watershed and what measures will be taken with respect to thermal pollution?
- Awaiting Response
- A local farmer mentioned that she has experienced droughts and water restrictions, most recently including a 6-month drought. How will the added pressure on our watersheds from the power plant and data center be taken into account?
- Awaiting Response
- Claims asserting the new power plant will have less emissions are false given that the proposed plant is two and half times larger than the older plant. Also, its stacks only reach 775 feet, so pollution will not be elevated above us and blown eastward but rather stay here. Please explain the health impacts given these parameters.
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- What are the laws and protections in place to protect everyday people from the harms of fracking? Are there adequate setbacks?
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- Is the power plant projected to result in more fracking in our area? If so, how can we protect ourselves from fracking?
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- Would like to know the possible impacts the data center could have on our health?
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- What “pre” air and water metrics will be taken? How and when will these metrics be measured and reported? To the community?
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- What watershed/source will supply the plant?
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- How many Marcellus wells are anticipated?
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- Where is the massive amount of water and electricity going to continuously come from? What is their plan for a backup of electrical supply?
- Awaiting Response
- Do the owners/investors have a plan in effect to subsidize a portion of the residents’ water bills and electricity bills? How does this Company plan on lessening the environmental impact on wildlife and the release of toxic chemicals into the water and atmosphere?
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- How I can protest the fast-tracking of the permit process currently being conducted by the DEP?
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- What are the potential health impacts?
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- Shouldn’t we be worried about reducing our energy/environmental footprints rather than increasing them?
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- What is the anticipated noise pollution?
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- What will the environmental impact be? (pollutants, water supply, habitat change, etc)
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- How would Western PA prepare for excessive water usage and Marcellus drilling contamination and effects?
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- Who is responsible for providing transparency on this project?
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Center For Coalfield Justice & PennFuture
- Other states have stopped an AI data center from being built. What steps and measures can we do to get the same results?
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- Would like to know the possible impacts the data center could have on our health?
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- What are the potential health impacts?
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- Outside of AI energy “needs”, is there really an increased energy demand in Indiana Co, statewide, and nationally?
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- Shouldn’t we be worried about reducing our energy/environmental footprints rather than increasing them?
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- How would Western PA prepare for excessive water usage and Marcellus drilling contamination and effects?
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Three Rivers Waterkeeper & Mountain Watershed Association
1) How do you see the data center affecting Indiana County’s water quality, air quality, and electricity prices? Should residents worry about water scarcity?
Three Rivers Waterkeeper: In terms of water quality and conservation, a general concern around data center water use, is not just whether Homer City has water available, but whether the project can withdraw and discharge water without worsening stress on Two Lick Creek during droughts, low-flow periods, and warm-weather conditions. Homer City plans to maintain a cooling-water intake on Two Lick Creek, and the redeveloped site will continue operating a “closed-cycle cooling system”, with cooling tower blowdown discharged to Two Lick Creek via Outfall 001 and, under the proposed redevelopment, also to Blacklick Creek via Outfall 027 under regular operating conditions. Permit application documents also state that Outfall 001 will continue receiving treated water from the ash disposal site and coal refuse site, meaning the stream could also still be impacted by blended industrial discharge.
With possible pollutant loading to the stream, the projected Outfall 001 discharge could still contain high dissolved mineral content even after the redesign. The projected Outfall 001 concentrations record 3,000 mg/L TDS, 2,510 mg/L sulfate, 540.9 mg/L chloride, 4.6 mg/L TKN, 6.4 mg/L nitrate/nitrite as N, and temperature up to 85°F in July, with Outfall 001 flows remaining at or below 4.32 MGD for most of the year and 2.736 MGD in July. Using those projected concentrations and the stated max daily 4.32 MGD flow, rough potential mass loadings at Outfall 001 alone would be on the order of 108,000 pounds/day of TDS, 90,000 pounds/day of sulfate, and 19,500 pounds/day of chloride if that outfall were discharging at its maximum projected concentration and flow at the same time. This does not mean that discharge to the stream will violate standards.
Thermal stress and aquatic impacts are also possible general concerns, even if the operator says the system is closed-cycle. Closed-cycle systems generally use less water than once-through cooling, but they still withdraw makeup water and still discharge blowdown. Ultimately, warmed discharges can lower dissolved oxygen and compound stress during summer low-flow periods. The older Homer City permit records show PA DEP modeled thermal limits for Outfall 001 with a July temperature limit around 85.9°F and recognized that intake and discharge flows matter under low-flow conditions in Two Lick Creek.
The site also has an entrainment monitoring plan, because the cooling-water intake can pull in fish eggs and larvae from Two Lick Creek. That is important because even where chemistry is permit-compliant, intake structures can still harm aquatic life through entertainment and impingement. Homer City’s 2025 study plan noted that sampling is being done to characterize organisms vulnerable to the intake.
There is not a full cumulative water-availability and drought-resilience analysis for the entire gas plant and data center campus. DEP’s redevelopment page says the project is a “more than 3,200-acre natural gas-powered data center campus”, with planned plant at nearly 4.5 GW with seven turbines. That scale alone should justify a demand for a basin-scale water balance, seasonal withdrawal triggers, and drought contingency planning before people are told there is no scarcity concern.
On electricity prices – because the project is being designed with on-site power generation, some grid-strain concerns are different than for a data center relying entirely on the existing grid. But self-generation does not eliminate all public cost exposure, and there can still be costs from gas infrastructure expansion, interconnection, transmission, backup service, and broader market effects. Of note, Pennsylvania’s grid is powered nearly 60% by natural gas. So increased gas prices caused by increased gas demand to fuel power plants for data centers could result in higher electricity bills. Even if the project avoids some direct ratepayer burden, the community could still bear environmental and infrastructure costs while private users capture most of the benefit.
2) What watershed/source will supply the power plant?
Three Rivers Waterkeeper: The source is the Two Lick Creek system, which is part of the Blacklick Creek watershed in the broader Allegheny River basin. Two Lick Creek report states that Two Lick Creek is a tributary to Blacklick Creek in the Allegheny watershed. The Homer City entrainment study also confirms that the plant’s cooling-water intake is on Two Lick Creek.
The reservoir tied to the site is the Two Lick Reservoir. Descriptions of the reservoir put it at roughly 500 acres and about 5 billion gallons of storage. This watershed supports aquatic life, downstream recreation, industrial uses, and a public drinking-water supply. PA DEP’s stream report notes that Pennsylvania American Water has a treatment plant on Two Lick Creek roughly one mile below the outfall of the Two Lick Reservoir, and that the plant has NPDES-permitted discharges associated with it.
3) What will the environmental impact be? (pollutants, water supply, habitat change, etc.)
Three Rivers Waterkeeper:
Potential impacts of pollutants and water supply include:
- High-salt and high-mineral discharges – The projected Outfall 001 chemistry includes elevated TDS, sulfate, chloride, hardness, bromide, nutrients, and some metals. The December 2025 data tables also list projected PFAS analytes below reporting thresholds, but a broader issue is that the discharge remains chemically complex and is based partly on engineering projections to be “confirmed upon facility startup,” not with indicated long-term operating data from existing sites.
- Thermal pollution- Even with closed-cycle cooling, the project still proposes blowdown discharges. In summer, warmer effluent can matter for a smaller tributary system like Two Lick Creek, especially during drought and low flow.
- Entrainment and aquatic-life losses at the intake – Homer City’s study plans say the intake can withdraw organisms from Two Lick Creek, and is monitoring fish eggs and larvae accordingly. That is a real ecological concern, especially if operations expand or become more constant.
- Blended wastewater complexity- The existing permit applications and waste stream report states that Outfall 001 will continue to include treated water from the Ash Disposal Site and Coal Refuse Site, so this discharge is part of a larger legacy-industrial water system rather than a stand-alone cooling stream.
- Cumulative watershed stress – DEP’s Two Lick Creek report notes existing anthropogenic influence and identifies elevated chloride, sulfate, and magnesium in sampled water chemistry, along with acid mine drainage sources and impairment history.
4) How would Western PA prepare for excessive water usage and Marcellus drilling contamination and effects?
Three Rivers Waterkeeper: Preparation should start with baseline data, enforceable triggers, and cumulative review, not after-the-fact assurances.
At minimum, community members can insist on:
- A full cumulative water analysis for the gas plant & data center campus, with dry-year and drought-year scenarios,
- Continuous streamflow and temperature monitoring upstream and downstream of intake/discharge points;
- Seasonal withdrawal triggers or curtailment requirements when flows drop or temperatures rise,
- Broader monitoring for TDS, sulfate, chloride, bromide, nutrients, metals, and PFAS, including downstream monitoring near public water supplies,
- Groundwater and surface-water baseline testing in areas potentially affected by pipeline work, gas infrastructure, or drilling,
- Public disclosure of chemical additives used in cooling and treatment systems,
- A contingency plan for spills, low-flow emergencies, and drought restrictions.
This is important because additional gas development and pipeline buildout can introduce sedimentation, erosion, spills, drilling-fluid releases, and longer-term groundwater concerns. A project of this scale should be reviewed as a system, not as isolated permit pieces.
5) Data centers require significant water for cooling. What assessments have been done on the availability and sustainability of local water resources, and how will the project prevent strain on community water supplies?
Three Rivers Waterkeeper: While there are currently only listed projections for water use, the 2025 entrainment plan notes ongoing reliance on a Two Lick Creek cooling-water intake.
- This discusses projected discharge for the main facility outfalls, Outfall 001 and Outfalls 027, that discusses projected discharge chemistry and flow, but not a full watershed-scale availability analysis for the data center plus gas plant together.
- Normal operations are expected to send most cooling-tower blowdown to Outfall 027, with Outfall 001 still used as needed.
Before claiming the project is sustainable, decision-makers should require a transparent demonstration of:
- Expected annual, seasonal, and peak-day withdrawals;
- Drought-year operating scenarios;
- Consumptive loss estimates;
- Cumulative impacts on Two Lick Creek, Blacklick Creek, and downstream users;
- Protections for downstream public water supply and aquatic habitat.
6) How will local residents and water authorities be protected from depletion, sedimentation, low pressure and higher bills?
Three Rivers Waterkeeper: Protection requires permits and approvals that include specific enforceable conditions.
For depletion and low pressure, stronger safeguards could be withdrawal limits tied to real-time low-flow conditions, drought contingency measures, and coordination with downstream water suppliers. This matters because the Pennsylvania American Water Two Lick Creek Plant discharges to and depends on the same stream corridor, and DEP’s stream report identifies it as the public-water withdrawal in this basin.
For sedimentation, any new pipelines, transmission corridors, or site earth disturbance should be subject to strict erosion and sediment controls, inspection, and construction-season limits where needed. For bills, the public should ask who pays for any needed infrastructure upgrades, monitoring, emergency response, or treatment adjustments at downstream drinking-water facilities.
7) Where will the data center’s water be sourced from? Will water be released into the same watershed and what measures will be taken with respect to thermal pollution?
- The proposed facility is expected to withdraw water from the Two Lick Creek System. Two Lick Creek is a tributary to Blacklick Creek in the Allegheny River watershed. It is a main stem from the tailrace of the Two Lick Reservoir, downstream of Yellow Creek. The Two Lick Reservoir covers roughly 500 acres at approximately 5 billion gallons of water. It was built as a cooling and water supply reservoir for the Homer City coal power plant, and the redevelopment project intends to keep using it as the primary water source. When the former coal-fired station was operating in 2020, it withdrew approximately 5.6 million gallons per day (MGD) from Two Lick Creek. While the total future water demand for cooling the data center and turbines are projections,
- The watershed already supports municipal drinking water supplies, aquatic habitat and fishers, recreational users, and downstream communities. Because of these existing uses, additional withdrawals should be carefully managed to ensure adequate streamflow and protection of the ecosystem.
8) A local farmer mentioned that she has experienced droughts and water restrictions, most recently including a 6-month drought. How will the added pressure on our watersheds from the power plant and data center be taken into account?
Three Rivers Waterkeeper: A question to ask is not whether the reservoir looks large on paper, but whether withdrawals remain sustainable during extended drought, reduced baseflow, hot weather, and cumulative upstream/downstream demand.
A project like this should not move forward on average-year assumptions alone. It should be tested against multi-month drought conditions, low-flow stream modeling, high-temperature summer periods, concurrent needs of public water suppliers, agriculture, and aquatic habitat;, emergency and maintenance discharge scenarios, and cumulative pollutant loading when stream dilution is weakest. This is especially important in this watershed because DEP has already documented existing anthropogenic water-quality pressures in Two Lick Creek, including elevated chloride and sulfate in sampled chemistry and the presence of permitted discharges and AMD sources.
Clean Air Council
- Can the DEP explain how it evaluated cumulative air pollution impacts of the proposed 4.5 GW gas plant powering these data centers, and how it will protect public health from increased emissions of particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and other pollutants?
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- There are concerns over emissions from the back-up generators. How will this impact us?
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- Is there a timeline for the center to acquire a title 5 air permit?
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- What will the environmental effect be of the construction and post-construction activities of the data center?
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- How much pollution will the data center create? Will it increase electric bills?
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- Claims asserting the new power plant will have less emissions are false given that the proposed plant is two and half times larger than the older plant. Also, its stacks only reach 775 feet, so pollution will not be elevated above us and blown eastward but rather stay here. Please confirm these parameters and explain the potential health impacts.
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- How much of the energy generated from the proposed fracked-gas plant will go to power the data center?
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- Would like to know the possible impacts the data center could have on our health?
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- How I can protest the fast-tracking of the permit process currently being conducted by the DEP?
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- What are the potential health impacts?
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- Outside of AI energy “needs”, is there really an increased energy demand in Indiana Co, statewide, and nationally?
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- What will the environmental impact be? (pollutants, water supply, habitat change, etc)
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- How would Western PA prepare for excessive water usage and Marcellus drilling contamination and effects?
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