Bill > S0484

Introduced Session

An act relating to data centers; creating s. 163.326, F.S.; providing legislative findings; specifying that local governments maintain authority to exercise power and responsibility over comprehensive planning and land development regulations relating to large load customers; prohibiting a large load customer from being considered an electric substation; amending s. 288.075, F.S.; defining the term “data center”; providing an exception to a provision allowing an extension of certain confidentiality protections; creating s. 366.043, F.S.; providing legislative findings; defining terms; requiring public utilities to provide certain minimum tariff and service requirements for large load customers; requiring that such requirements ensure that large load customers bear their costs of service and that such costs are not shifted to the general body of ratepayers; requiring certain measures to minimize the risk of nonpayment of such costs; requiring that such minimum tariff and service requirements include certain provisions designed to prevent a public utility from providing electric service to a large load customer that is a foreign entity; prohibiting a customer from separating a certain electrical load into multiple smaller connections for a specified purpose; authorizing the Florida Public Service Commission to approve public utility tariffs that include certain utility industry-accepted ratemaking and other financial tools; prohibiting any tariff, contractual provision, service requirement, or other public utility policy from preventing or hindering the curtailment or interruption of electric service to a large load customer for certain purposes; prohibiting a public utility from knowingly providing electric service to a large load customer that is a foreign entity; requiring each public utility to file a tariff in compliance with the provisions of the bill by a specified date; amending s. 373.203, F.S.; defining terms; creating s. 373.262, F.S.; providing legislative intent; prohibiting the governing board of a water management district or the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing a permit for the consumptive use of water to a large-scale data center under certain circumstances; requiring that such permit be issued to a large-scale data center applicant if the applicant establishes that the proposed use of water satisfies certain requirements; requiring the governing board or the department to require the use of reclaimed water for a large-scale data center applicant’s allocation when certain requirements are met; specifying requirements for certain permit applications; prohibiting the approval of permit applications without a hearing; amending s. 373.239, F.S.; requiring that consumptive use permit modifications proposed by a large-scale data center be treated in a specified manner; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to contract for a study relating to the construction and operation of large-scale data centers; providing requirements for the study; requiring the study to be submitted to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House by a specified date; providing effective dates.

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Bryan Ávila (R)*,  Don Gaetz (R),  Clay Yarborough (R), 

Other Sponsors (2)

Ordered engrossed, then enrolled (on 03/13/2026)

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