Scope
The Department of Environmental Protection's Template GRID Project Consent Order and Agreement, a model marked Rev. 08/18/2026 that can be changed to fit a project, sets out the commitments a developer of a Computer Data Center makes in a consent order and agreement under Executive Order 2026-05, including backup generation with zero-emission systems or generators with emissions no higher than a Tier 4 or Tier 4 equivalent generator, limits on backup generator use, at least three air quality monitors with public data, a certification of energy and water best management practices, and a written water plan.
- Geographic scope
- Pennsylvania
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Government agency
- Issuing authority
- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Not a binding measure
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection published a template consent order and agreement for GRID data center projects under Executive Order 2026-05. The model lists environmental commitments a developer would make, such as Tier 4 or cleaner backup generators, limits on generator runtime, air quality monitors whose data are public, water planning and energy and water best-practice certification. It is a model document; each executed consent order binds only its signatories.
What this does not establish
- This is a model form marked "Rev. 08/18/2026"; bracketed terms are filled in project by project, so an executed order may differ.
- The requirement to enter a consent order comes from Executive Order 2026-05 (record pa-eo-2026-05-data-center-guardrails-20260818), not from this template.
- No executed consent order was opened, and how many developers have signed one was not checked.
- The template is hosted on the Governor's pages of pa.gov; the Department of Environmental Protection is the named party.
Unresolved questions
- How many GRID consent orders have been executed, and with which terms.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- Related, not a replacement Executive Order 2026-05 data center permitting and incentive conditions (In effect)
Sources
https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/governor/documents/grid%20template%20coa%2008-18-2026.pdf