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2026 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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SCC: Data Collection and Reporting (language only)

Item 477 #1c

Item 477 #1c

Independent Agencies
State Corporation Commission

Language

Page 550, after line 1 insert:

"D. The State Corporation Commission, with the assistance of the Department of Environmental Quality, and all other agencies of the Commonwealth, any political subdivision, or any applicable utility shall provide assistance as requested, shall collect the following and report the information in an aggregated format to the Chairs of the Senate Finance and Appropriations and House Appropriations Committees by October 1, 2026, and each year thereafter: (i) all electric service agreements or equivalent contracted demand with data centers, including their electric load, from all electric utility providers; (ii) all data center water usage information from municipal or private water providers; and (iii) permitting information on data center generators and tier of each generator."



Explanation

(This amendment requires the State Corporation Commission to collect and aggregate information related to data center electric service agreements, water usage, and permitting for generators and tier type.)