Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.**
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This bill requires New Jersey’s electric public utilities to create specific rules for data centers to prevent increased costs for regular customers. The legislation directs the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to consider the overall energy demand of data centers, not just the computing demand, and to ensure utilities report peak load contributions. It also mandates that utilities offer demand-reduction programs to all data center customers and requires new large data centers to provide financial guarantees for electricity costs. Several amendments were made to clarify definitions, reporting requirements, and ratepayer protections.
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