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Policy intelligence brief
ME-LD 912 — An Act to Address the Use of Electricity by Data Centers
Limits electricity supplied to data centers and requires quarterly usage reporting.
What the evidence says
Key findings
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.
Issues named in the record
Energy
These themes are supported by explicit words in the title or stored summary, not graph proximity.
Formal policy pathway
Curry of Waldo
sponsored: Curry of Waldo
Comparable precedents
Related approaches worth comparing
Selected by shared tracked mechanisms or themes, with cross jurisdiction examples prioritized. Similarity is not legal equivalence.
MD-EO-01.01.2026.16Maryland · Executive actionExecutive Order 01.01.2026.16 establishes responsible data-center development reviewDisclosure & reporting→TX-DATA-CENTER-PERMIT-HALT-2026Texas · Executive actionGovernor Abbott directs TCEQ to halt data-center permits pending state auditsDisclosure & reporting→HR-10321United States · Introduced / in committeeResponsible Data Center Siting Act of 2026Disclosure & reporting · Energy→MA-EO-658Massachusetts · Executive actionExecutive Order 658 establishes requirements for responsible data-center developmentDisclosure & reporting · Energy→
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Relationship map
ME-LD 912 evidence graph
An Act to Address the Use of Electricity by Data Centers
Policy record 1Policy theme 4Policy mechanism 1Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
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ME-LD 912explicitly concernsEnergy
Theme named in the title or stored summary · Basis: explicit text match; not graph inference · Observed 2026-10-14Inspect supporting source ↗ME-LD 912classified underCertification & Standards
Fixed-vocabulary topic classification · Basis: AI-assisted tracker classification; inspect the source before relying on it · Observed 2026-10-14Inspect supporting source ↗ME-LD 912classified underGrid Reliability
Fixed-vocabulary topic classification · Basis: AI-assisted tracker classification; inspect the source before relying on it · Observed 2026-10-14Inspect supporting source ↗ME-LD 912classified underRatepayer
Fixed-vocabulary topic classification · Basis: AI-assisted tracker classification; inspect the source before relying on it · Observed 2026-10-14Inspect supporting source ↗ME-LD 912signals mechanismDisclosure & reporting
Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record text · Basis: deterministic text rule; not a legal conclusion · Observed 2026-10-14Inspect supporting source ↗ME-LD 912sponsoredCurry of Waldo
Named sponsor in the tracked public record · Basis: stored metadataInspect supporting source ↗ME-LD 912member of familyAn Act to Address the Use of Electricity by Data Centers
exact title companion · Basis: exact normalized title within ME, session 2025-2026 · Observed 2026-10-14Inspect supporting source ↗