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NY-S08536 — Prohibits electric corporations and gas corporations from increasing charges due to the building or operation of a data center

Prohibits electric corporations and gas corporations from passing along costs or increasing charges to ratepayers as a result of increased costs incurred due to the building or operation of a data center except to those ratepayers involved with or associated with the building or operation of such data center or semiconductor fabrication plant.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionNew YorkState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-01-07REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

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How it operates

Moratorium · Utility rate / large-load tariff

Check whether the policy creates, changes, or removes a development pause or prohibition, and which facilities and approvals it covers. 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 · Ratepayer

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NY-S08536 evidence graph

Prohibits electric corporations and gas corporations from increasing charges due to the building or operation of a data center

9 nodes · 8 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 2Policy 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 summarysignals 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 recordNY-S08536Prohibits electric corporat…NY-S08536: Prohibits electric corporations and gas corporations from increasing charges due to the building or operation of a data centerPolicy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeRatepayerExplicit record textRatepayer: Explicit record textPolicy mechanismMoratoriumText-derived policy signalMoratorium: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismUtility rate / large-l…Text-derived policy signalUtility rate / large-load tariff: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionNew YorkState policy jurisdictionNew York: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorLeroy ComriepersonLeroy Comrie: personPolicy familyProhibits electric cor…NYProhibits electric corporations and gas corporations from increasing charges due to the building or operation of a data center: NY

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