Jim Mehlhaff

allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.

limit nuisances caused by data centers.

update provisions related to certain large-use customers of utilities.

protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.

impose a one-year moratorium on the construction or expansion of hyperscale data centers.

modify provisions pertaining to the purchasing of goods and services related to data center operations.

protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers, to clarify authority to regulate data centers, and to modify provisions pertaining to the purchasing of goods and services by a data center.

modify provisions relating to the reinvestment payment program, and relating to the purchasing of goods and services used by projects approved for the reinvestment payment program.

provide a sales and use tax exemption for goods and services related to data center operations.