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CA-SB57 — Electrical corporations: data centers: report.

An act to add and repeal Section 913.22 of the Public Utilities Code, relating to electricity.

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Legal stateEnacted or issuedA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionCaliforniaState-source record
Latest recorded action2025-10-11Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 647, Statutes of 2025.
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

Key findings

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How it operates

Disclosure & reporting

Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private.

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Issues named in the record

Energy

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CA-SB57 evidence graph

Electrical corporations: data centers: report.

10 nodes · 9 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 4Policy 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 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-SB57Electrical corporations: da…CA-SB57: Electrical corporations: data centers: report.Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeRatepayerAI-assisted policy themeRatepayer: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionCaliforniaState policy jurisdictionCalifornia: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorSteve PadillapersonSteve Padilla: personPolicy familyElectrical corporation…CAElectrical corporations: data centers: report.: CA

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