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NY-S08540 — Establishes the "accountability of costs for data centers act"

Establishes the "accountability of costs for data centers act"; requires each electric corporation, gas corporation and municipality to establish an independent classification of service for large energy use facilities that is separate and distinct from other classifications of service; authorizes the department of public service to develop financial surety requirements.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionNew YorkState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-05-29PRINT NUMBER 8540A
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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Establishes the "accountability of costs for data centers act"

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explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationapplies 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-S08540Establishes the "accountabi…NY-S08540: Establishes the "accountability of costs for data centers act"Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeRatepayerAI-assisted policy themeRatepayer: AI-assisted policy themeJurisdictionNew YorkState policy jurisdictionNew York: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorKristen GonzalezpersonKristen Gonzalez: personPolicy familyEstablishes the "accou…NYEstablishes the "accountability of costs for data centers act": NY

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