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Subcommittee advances bill directing SCC to study a separate data‑center customer class

2124145 · January 16, 2025
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Summary

HB 2084 instructs the State Corporation Commission to examine whether data centers should be placed in a separate customer class; the subcommittee voted 6–4 to report the bill to the full committee.

HB 2084, sponsored by Delegate Shin, directs the State Corporation Commission to conduct a regulatory proceeding to consider a separate customer classification for data centers. The subcommittee reported the bill 6–4 following testimony that ranged from support by conservation and consumer groups to opposition from the data center industry and economic development interests.

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