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CA-SB1168 — Data centers: rate structures.

An act to add Article 10.5 (commencing with Section 901) to Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to energy.

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Legal stateEnacted or issuedA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionCaliforniaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-09-21Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 440, Statutes of 2026.
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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How it operates

Utility rate / large-load tariff

Changes who pays for the grid — shifting the cost of new power supply and upgrades toward large data-center loads instead of ordinary ratepayers.

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Issues named in the record

Energy

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CA-SB1168 evidence graph

Data centers: rate structures.

9 nodes · 8 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 3Policy mechanism 1Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordmember of family: exact title companionPolicy recordCA-SB1168Data centers: rate structur…CA-SB1168: Data centers: rate structures.Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeRatepayerAI-assisted policy themeRatepayer: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismUtility rate / large-l…Text-derived policy signalUtility rate / large-load tariff: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionCaliforniaState policy jurisdictionCalifornia: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorJerry McNerneypersonJerry McNerney: personPolicy familyData centers: rate str…CAData centers: rate structures.: CA

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