Follow the policies that matter to you.

Get federal and state updates by email. Choose your states and topics.

Set up email alerts →

Daily policy briefing

What Matters Now

Federal and state policy movement, with links to the underlying public records.

From the archive

Pennsylvania revives large-load safety bill

Federal

No federal movement was included in this briefing.

State

Pennsylvania

  • PA-HB 2535: Removed from the table on Sept. 28, the bill would make emergency operations plans and generalized infrastructure inventories conditions of occupancy for large-load users, with protections for confidential security information and enforcement provisions.PA-HB2535 source ↗ Investigate in Policy Desk →Source linkedOfficial text indexed
Ongoing broader intelligence

Relevant tracked policies, not necessarily new developments in this edition.

Federal context

  • RM26-4: FERC's active proceeding addresses timely, orderly and equitable interconnection of significant loads, including data centers, to the interstate transmission system.RM26-4 source ↗ Investigate in Policy Desk →Source linkedOfficial text indexed
  • HR-10321: The Responsible Data Center Siting Act of 2026 remains referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and addresses data-center siting among its tracked topics.HR-10321 source ↗ Investigate in Policy Desk →Source linkedOfficial text indexed
  • HR-6529: The Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act remains ordered to be reported and concerns energy costs, ratepayers and grid reliability.HR-6529 source ↗ Investigate in Policy Desk →Source linkedOfficial text indexed

California

  • CA-AB1577: The chaptered data-center reporting law remains relevant to energy, water, carbon and grid policy; the supplied record does not specify its reporting provisions.CA-AB1577 source ↗ Investigate in Policy Desk →Source linkedOfficial text indexed

Massachusetts

  • MA-EO-658: The executive order bars permitting agencies from approving data-center projects above 25 MW without demonstrated conformity with the state framework and a community benefits agreement.MA-EO-658 source ↗ Investigate in Policy Desk →Source linkedOfficial text indexed

Maryland

  • MD-EO-01.01.2026.16: The executive order establishes a task force and a single state review process for proposed data centers of at least 25 MW, including public determinations on grid and ratepayer protection.MD-EO-01.01.2026.16 source ↗ Investigate in Policy Desk →Source linkedOfficial text indexed

Pennsylvania

Upcoming evidence

Source-linked scheduled items and deadlines, not completed policy movement.

AI drafted from tracked public records. Verify material claims against the linked primary sources before relying on them.

Previous briefings