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Senator Karen Lewis Young urges inclusion of energy analysis in data center impact study
Summary
Sen. Karen Lewis Young described SB 116 (cross-file HB 270), a data center impact analysis bill, and urged the committee to retain House language requiring an energy analysis; committee members stated the energy analysis was their principal concern.
Sen. Karen Lewis Young of Frederick briefly described Senate Bill 116 — the cross-file of House Bill 270 — to the House Economic Matters Committee and urged retention of House language that would require an energy needs study as part of the data center impact analysis.
“For the record, Senator Karen Lewis Young from Frederick. I am here to briefly describe SB 1 16 data center impact analysis and report. It is the cross file of HB 2 70,” she said in opening remarks. Young told the committee the Senate and House versions differ primarily because the House bill requires a study on the energy needs of data centers and the Senate version had removed that requirement citing cost concerns. “I happen to agree with the house bill. The energy analysis is critical to this and having spoken to DLS, I am very confident that they can do the study of the economic analysis, the energy and environmental analysis within the scope of your fiscal note,” Young said.
A committee member agreed the energy analysis was the bill’s most important piece and indicated support for sending the House language back to the Senate. The hearing concluded without a recorded committee action on this bill in the provided transcript.
Committee minutes or subsequent reports would record any formal committee votes or amendments.
