Electric utilities; data center demand, allocation of costs among customer classes.
Summary
Electric utilities; data center demand; allocation of costs among customer classes. Directs the State Corporation Commission to ensure that any plan, petition, or proposal from a utility to meet demand associated with data centers considers generation, transmission, and distribution system costs so as to meet such demand at the lowest aggregate reasonable cost. The bill also directs the Commission to initiate a proceeding, on or before December 31, 2024, (i) to determine if the current allocation of costs among customers and the different classifications of customers of electric utilities results in customers that are data centers receiving unreasonable subsidies from other customers or classifications of customers and (ii) if it determines unreasonable subsidies exist, to amend such allocation of costs.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2024
Last action Nov 18, 2024
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Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
4
Feb 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
upper
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Rereferred from Rules (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Rules
upper
0 primary · 3 co-sponsors
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