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IA-HF 2690 — A bill for an act relating to water and energy use for data centers, including reporting and tariff requirements, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 2447.)

A bill for an act relating to water and energy use for data centers, including reporting and tariff requirements, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 2447.)

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionIowaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-03-12Amendments H-8212, H-8213 and H-8214 filed. H.J. 668.
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

Key findings

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How it operates

Disclosure & reporting · Utility rate / large-load tariff

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. 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 · Water · Ratepayer

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Formal policy pathway

Commerce

sponsored: Commerce

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A bill for an act relating to water and energy use for data centers, including reporting and tariff requirements, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 2447.)

12 nodes · 11 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 5Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly 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 textsignals 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 recordIA-HF 2690A bill for an act relating …IA-HF 2690: A bill for an act relating to water and energy use for data centers, including reporting and tariff requirements, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 2447.)Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeWaterExplicit record textWater: Explicit record textPolicy themeRatepayerExplicit record textRatepayer: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismUtility rate / large-l…Text-derived policy signalUtility rate / large-load tariff: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionIowaState policy jurisdictionIowa: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorCommercepersonCommerce: personPolicy familyA bill for an act rela…IAA bill for an act relating to water and energy use for data centers, including reporting and tariff requirements, and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 2447.): IA

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