Bill > S731

This bill requires electric public utilities to develop and implement special rules and tariffs for "large load customers," which are defined as commercial customers with a monthly electricity demand exceeding 100 megawatts, to ensure that other customers, referred to as "non-large load customers" or "ratepayers," are not burdened with increased costs or stranded costs resulting from serving these large consumers. The Board of Public Utilities (Board) will oversee this process, establishing standards for defining "large data centers" and "large data center customers," and will review and approve utility applications for these special tariffs. These tariffs are designed to allocate all costs associated with serving large load customers directly to them, incentivize energy efficiency and the use of on-site generation or energy storage by these customers, and require financial guarantees to protect against potential shortfalls in service usage. The bill also introduces provisions for demand flexibility programs, allowing large load customers to reduce their impact on the grid, and prioritizes the curtailment of large load customers over residential customers during emergencies, while also addressing potential evasion of these rules through corporate structuring.