No. CS/CS/SB 484
Filed under AI & Technology.
Data Centers; Specifying that local governments maintain authority to exercise power and responsibility over comprehensive planning and land development regulations relating to large load customers; requiring public utilities to provide certain minimum tariff and service requirements for large load customers; prohibiting the governing board of a water management district or the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing a permit for the consumptive use of water to a large-scale data center under certain circumstances; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to contract for a study relating to the construction and operation of large-scale data centers, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDPublic utilities must refuse service to data centers owned or controlled by foreign countries of concern, creating a new operational ban.
Utilities must design tariffs so large data centers pay their full infrastructure costs, preventing those expenses from being shifted to other ratepayers.
Water management districts must deny water permits to large data centers if the use harms local water resources or violates local zoning plans.
Local governments retain full authority to regulate data centers through their existing comprehensive plans and land development regulations.
AILocal governments retain full authority over land use and planning for large load customers, preventing state preemption of local zoning decisions.
AIPublic utilities must structure tariffs so large load customers bear their full service costs, preventing cost shifting to general ratepayers.
AIPublic utilities are prohibited from knowingly providing electric service to large load customers that are foreign entities from countries of concern.
AIWater management districts must require large-scale data centers to use reclaimed water when it is available, feasible, and meets quality standards, prioritizing recycled sources over fresh water.
AIWater permits for large-scale data centers requesting 100,000+ gallons per day require a public hearing, removing the option for administrative approval without public input.
AIOPPAGA must contract for an independent study on data center impacts, including economic, environmental, and public health effects, with findings due to legislative leadership by July 2027.