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TX-HB3970 — Relating to the interconnection and operation of large loads.

Tracked record titled “Relating to the interconnection and operation of large loads..” Latest source-reported action: 05/15/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionTexasState-source record
Latest recorded action2025-05-1505/15/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

Key findings

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How it operates

Disclosure & reporting · Grid & interconnection

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. Determines whether and how fast a data center can actually get power, and who builds and pays for the transmission upgrades.

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Issues named in the record

Grid Reliability

These themes are supported by explicit words in the title or stored summary, not graph proximity.

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Formal policy pathway

Darby

sponsored: Darby

Comparable precedents

Related approaches worth comparing

Selected by shared tracked mechanisms or themes, with cross jurisdiction examples prioritized. Similarity is not legal equivalence.

HR-10539United States · Introduced / in committeeIntegrated Local, Regional, and Interregional Transmission Planning Act of 2026Disclosure & reporting · Grid & interconnection · Grid ReliabilityR49326United States · Research or guidanceData Centers and the Electricity Grid: Frequently Asked QuestionsDisclosure & reporting · Grid & interconnection · Grid ReliabilityPA-SB1323Pennsylvania · Introduced / in committeeAn Act providing for the regulation of commercial data centers; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Department of Human Services and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority; establishing the Data Center Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Enhancement Account and the Pennsylvania Energy Independence Account; providing for clean firm energy requirements, contract filing, commission review, disclosure requirements, backup generation standards, curtailment standards and certification and expedited interconnection for commercial data centers bringing incremental clean firm energy resources; and imposing penalties.Disclosure & reporting · Grid & interconnection · Grid ReliabilityID-HB 911Idaho · Enacted or issuedElectricity, new large loadsDisclosure & reporting · Grid & interconnection
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TX-HB3970 evidence graph

Relating to the interconnection and operation of large loads.

11 nodes · 10 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 4Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals 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 recordTX-HB3970Relating to the interconnec…TX-HB3970: Relating to the interconnection and operation of large loads.Policy themeGrid ReliabilityExplicit record textGrid Reliability: Explicit record textPolicy themeEnergyAI-assisted policy themeEnergy: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeRatepayerAI-assisted policy themeRatepayer: AI-assisted policy themePolicy themeSiting & Land UseAI-assisted policy themeSiting & Land Use: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismGrid & interconnectionText-derived policy signalGrid & interconnection: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionTexasState policy jurisdictionTexas: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorDarbypersonDarby: personPolicy familyRelating to the interc…TXRelating to the interconnection and operation of large loads.: TX

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