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Power & Utilities | Smart Grid
August 25, 2025
New State Laws Tackle Impact of Data Centers on Electricity Costs and Infrastructure
Recent actions range from ensuring large energy users cover infrastructure costs to examining how data centers affect rates.
Several U.S. states have enacted or are considering legislation to manage the electricity costs and infrastructure impacts of large-load customers, particularly data centers. These energy-intensive facilities are expected to…Read the full report
Key Takeaways
- Texas SB 6 directs the utility commission to require large-load customers to cover transmission connection costs and to establish a competitive reliability service that procures demand reductions from large loads during emergencies.
- A new Oregon law requires electric utilities to assign the costs of serving large energy-use facilities to those facilities while mitigating risks to other classes of retail electricity consumers.
- Minnesota legislation directs the state’s utility regulator to establish a “very large customer” rate class for electric utilities.
