Bill > SB270

This bill establishes new provisions for the review of contracts between electric utilities and large data centers by the Public Service Commission, which is the state agency overseeing utility services. It defines "incremental costs of retail electric service" as the extra expenses a utility incurs to provide electricity to a large data center, such as fuel and taxes, that wouldn't exist without that customer. A "large load data center customer" is defined as a business that uses electricity for data processing, has a contract requiring the utility to supply at least 150 megawatts of peak demand, and operates on contiguous land. The bill states that such contracts are considered in the public interest if the Public Service Commission determines that the pricing and contract terms, like minimum contract length and payment requirements, will allow the utility to recover these incremental costs from the data center and also benefit other electricity customers. These benefits to other customers can include potentially lowering their costs, improving the utility's power system efficiency, or contributing to local economic growth.

Business and Industry, Transportation and Infrastructure

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