Electric utilities; data center demand, allocation of costs among customer classes.
Summary
Electric utilities; data center demand; allocationof costs among customer classes. Directs the State CorporationCommission to ensure that any plan, petition, or proposal from autility to meet demand associated with data centers considers generation,transmission, and distribution system costs so as to meet such demandat the lowest aggregate reasonable cost. The bill also directs theCommission to initiate a proceeding, on or before December 31, 2024,(i) to determine if the current allocation of costs among customersand the different classifications of customers of electric utilitiesresults in customers that are data centers receiving unreasonablesubsidies from other customers or classifications of customers and (ii) if it determines unreasonable subsidies exist, to amend suchallocation 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 Feb 5, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
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
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Suhas Subramanyam
DDemocratic
Co
Adam Ebbin
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Favola
DDemocratic
Co
Saddam Salim
DDemocratic
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