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VA-HB503 — Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.

Electric utilities; cost recovery; costs substantially related to serving data center customers. Prohibits the recovery of costs incurred by an electric utility that (i) are substantially related to the provision of electric service to data center customers and (ii) would not have been incurred but for the demand of such data center customers from being included in any rates or charges approved by the State Corporation Commission under current law, unless such rates and charges are designed to recover, or substant…

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionVirginiaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-07-21Continued from last session
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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Moratorium

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Energy

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PA-SB 1408Pennsylvania · Introduced / in committeeAn Act providing for data center transparency; prohibiting certain nondisclosure agreements between public agencies and data centers; providing for data centers and public input; prohibiting data centers from being developed or operated by certain foreign entities; and providing for enforcement by Attorney General and for energy and water reporting.Moratorium · EnergyNJ-S4659New Jersey · Introduced / in committeeRequires DEP to conduct study on environmental impacts of data center development in State; prohibits construction of new data centers until study is complete.MoratoriumPA-SB1345Pennsylvania · Introduced / in committeeAn Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in zoning, providing for optional temporary moratorium on acceptance or consideration of new applications for high impact data centers.MoratoriumS-5658United States · Introduced / in committeeA bill to prohibit the construction of data centers on Federal land, and for other purposes.Moratorium · Energy
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Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.

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Policy record 1Policy theme 1Policy mechanism 1Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summarysignals 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 recordVA-HB503Electric utilities; cost re…VA-HB503: Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.Policy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy mechanismMoratoriumText-derived policy signalMoratorium: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionVirginiaState policy jurisdictionVirginia: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorJohn Chilton McAuliffpersonJohn Chilton McAuliff: personPolicy familyElectric utilities; co…VAElectric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.: VA

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