Note
Received PAC contributions from Ottertail Corporation PAC and Applied Digital Corporation Nick Phillips (VP of external affairs) who lobbied in Pierre for 50 year tax breaks for data centers and against all resident protections. Received PAC contributions from SD Action Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE PAC) & MidAmerican Energy Company. Several energy companies lobbied in Pierre for tax breaks for data centers this past legislative session.
Voting record
On 2026-session data center bills · Senate record
allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.
protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.
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.
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State Senate · District 17
