Data centers: labor: electricity rates.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
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- Became Law
Overview
This bill establishes a special rate structure for large-scale energy users, primarily data centers, that consume significant amounts of electricity. It requires the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to create this structure to protect other customers from cost shifts and ensure that data centers pay for infrastructure upgrades needed to serve them. The bill also mandates labor requirements for data center construction, including using a skilled workforce and adhering to prevailing wage laws, and requires the state’s annual energy policy report to include an assessment of the impacts of these data centers on the state’s renewable energy goals.
Key provisions
- Establishes a special rate structure for large-scale energy users (data centers) with at least 75 megawatts of electricity demand.
- Requires data centers to contribute to the cost of transmission and distribution infrastructure upgrades.
- Mandates labor requirements for data center construction, including prevailing wage standards.
- Requires data centers to use onsite solar or wind generation as backup power.
- Requires data centers to enter into agreements with local fire departments for fire protection.
- Updates the state’s annual energy policy report to include an assessment of data center impacts on renewable energy goals.
- Defines ‘data center’ and ‘large-scale energy user’ for regulatory purposes.
- Requires data centers to prefund a 15-year contract for new, incremental, zero-carbon energy resources.
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