Overview
- The House passed SB 484, amended by Rep. Griff Griffitts, on a 92-16 vote.
- The amendment preserves a requirement that large-load customers pay their full cost of service, preventing cost shifts to other ratepayers.
- The House removed Senate provisions on disclosures and non-disclosure agreements, prompting transparency concerns from some lawmakers.
- OPPAGA must commission a study on local, natural-resource, and utility-rate impacts of large data centers, with findings due July 1 to the Governor and Legislature.
- Public utilities must file compliant tariffs by Oct. 1, as industry warns of chilled investment even as the White House pushes expansion of data-center capacity for AI.