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DC-B26-0542 — Powering Local Utility Guidance in Housing Act of 2025

BILL SUMMARY - As introduced, Bill 26-542 would require that DHCD offer administrative assistance to affordable housing development projects to promote prompt attention from utility partners in the permitting process. It would require DHCD to make technical expert consultants available to these same projects to reduce how often utility connection design issues catch developers off guard. DHCD staff would also spearhead a coordinated effort between government agencies and utilities to integrate the utilities’ permi…

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Legal stateEnacted or issuedA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionDistrict of ColumbiaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-08-28Law L26-0161, Effective from Aug 14, 2026 Published in DC Register Vol 73 and Page 012057
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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Siting & permitting

Sets where and how a data center can be built, and which authority and reviews can accelerate or block a project.

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Siting & Land Use

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Powering Local Utility Guidance in Housing Act of 2025

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Policy record 1Policy theme 2Policy mechanism 1Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals 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 recordDC-B26-0542Powering Local Utility Guid…DC-B26-0542: Powering Local Utility Guidance in Housing Act of 2025Policy themeSiting & Land UseExplicit record textSiting & Land Use: Explicit record textPolicy themeGrid ReliabilityAI-assisted policy themeGrid Reliability: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismSiting & permittingText-derived policy signalSiting & permitting: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionDistrict of ColumbiaState policy jurisdictionDistrict of Columbia: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorRobert C. Jr. WhitepersonRobert C. Jr. White: personPolicy familyPowering Local Utility…DCPowering Local Utility Guidance in Housing Act of 2025: DC

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