Bill > HB1063

This bill requires electric utilities to protect residential and retail electricity customers from costs associated with building and operating data centers, which are defined as facilities with a peak annual electricity demand of 100 megawatts or greater used primarily for processing, storing, retrieving, or transmitting data. Specifically, any new contract between an electric utility and a data center must include terms and conditions to shield regular customers from these costs. These terms must ensure that data centers cover the extra expenses of serving them, potentially through minimum billing requirements, longer contract durations than standard service plans, and provisions to protect regular customers if the data center defaults on its contract or terminates service. The Georgia Public Service Commission, or "commission," will oversee compliance with these requirements for agreements made on or after the bill's effective date.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72514