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KY-HB544 — AN ACT relating to data centers.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to define terms; prohibit a retail electric supplier from providing service to a data center customer that has a total aggregated customer contract capacity of greater than 100 megawatts unless the Public Service Commission has approved a tariff or contract for the service that includes certain minimum requirements; exempt a data center customer that has an electric service agreement for more than 100 megawatts of existing load prior to the effective date of the Act; prohibi…

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Legal stateOther / status unclearA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionKentuckyState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-02-1002/10/26: to Small Business & Information Technology (H)
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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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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KY-HB544 evidence graph

AN ACT relating to data centers.

10 nodes · 9 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 3Policy 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 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 recordKY-HB544AN ACT relating to data cen…KY-HB544: AN ACT relating to data centers.Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeRatepayerExplicit record textRatepayer: Explicit record textPolicy themeGrid ReliabilityExplicit record textGrid Reliability: 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 signalJurisdictionKentuckyState policy jurisdictionKentucky: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorW. Lawrence A. MoorepersonW. Lawrence A. Moore: personPolicy familyAN ACT relating to dat…KYAN ACT relating to data centers.: KY

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