26RS HB 593

House Bill 593

Actions

Last Action	02/06/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to data centers.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Fiscal Impact Statement	Local Mandate
Bill Request Number	1235
Sponsors	J. Bray, J. Petrie
Summary of Original Version	Create new sections of KRS Chapter 96 relating to municipal utilities and KRS Chapter 278 relating to Public Service Commission-regulated utilities to: define terms; only allow for the provision of electric service to a data center through a contract that conforms to the requirements of the Act; require that within 90 days of the effective date of the Act, the electric service provider issue or file a tariff setting forth the process for a data center customer to apply for service; require the payment of a nonrefundable service application fee; require the preparation of studies to determine the manner in which the electric service provider can safely and efficiently serve the data center in a way that does not have negative service or rate impacts to their non-data center customers; establish the minimum contract requirements between the electric service provider and the data center customer; provide that requirements of the Act that are conflict with the Tennessee Valley Authority's requirements for the distribution of electricity that it supplies shall not apply; prohibit the charging or allocating of any costs associated with serving or constructing new infrastructure to serve a data center to any other customers served by natural gas, water, or wastewater utilities; amend KRS 154.20-229 to require that a qualified data center project that has been preliminarily approved for a certificate of exemption under KRS 139.499 include in its memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority a certification that the data center project complies or will comply with all applicable local requirements and the applicable requirements of the Act.
Index Headings of Original Version	Boards And Commissions - Public Service Commission, data center electric service, tariffs, minimum requirements Cities - Municipal electric utilities, data center service, contracts, tariffs, minimum requirements Energy - Data centers, contract and electric service requirements, municipal and regulated utilities Federal Laws And Regulations - Tennessee Valley Authority, distribution of electricity, data center requirements, primacy Information Technology - Data centers, contract and electric service requirements, municipal and regulated utilities Oil And Natural Gas - Municipal and regulated gas utilities, data center service, cost allocation, prohibitions Public Utilities - Municipal and regulated electric utilities, data center service, tariffs, minimum requirements Public Utilities - Municipal and regulated utilities, data center service, cost allocation, prohibitions Sewer Systems - Municipal and regulated wastewater utilities, data center service, cost allocation, prohibitions State Agencies - Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority, eligible data center projects, requirements Water Supply - Municipal and regulated water utilities, data center service, cost allocation, prohibitions Local Mandate - Municipal utilities, data center service