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Data centers: water use disclosures.

Requires data center owners and operators to submit semi-annual water and energy usage reports to BPU.

Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for certain data centers to protect non-data center customers from increased costs.**

Data centers, water use, cooling

protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.

An Act to Address the Use of Electricity by Data Centers

Data Center Water Transparency Amendments

Electricity: data centers.

Data centers: rate structures.

California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: data centers: geothermal powerplant projects.

Water resources: data centers.

2026–2028 budget — Item 3-5.24 Data Center Electricity Consumption Tax

Authorizing the Department of Commerce to promulgate a legislative rule relating to certification of a microgrid district or certification as a high impact data center

Utility RELIEF Act

Corporation Commission; creating the Data Center Customer Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026; effective date; emergency.

Electric Utilities; review by Public Service Commission of certain contracts with large load data centers further provided for

Data centers; Department of Energy shall lead efforts to accelerate use of waste heat, report.

Data centers; permit requirements, emission limits for certain engine-generator sets.

Establishes the Joint Permitting Council.

Data centers: reporting.