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Assembly committee advances bill to require data on data‑center electricity use, citing ratepayer protections
Summary
The Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee voted 11-3 to pass AB 222 as amended, directing reporting on data‑center power needs and asking regulators to guard ratepayers from bearing the full cost of related grid upgrades.
Assemblymember Bauer Kehan introduced AB 222 to the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy, saying the bill would require better, more accurate information about data‑center electricity demand and would protect residential ratepayers from shouldering the costs of grid upgrades tied to new data centers.
The bill’s sponsor said AB 222 is “first and foremost a ratepayer protection measure” and a “light touch” intended not to stop data‑center development but to ensure the state’s grid planning and rate decisions are based on accurate, timely data. Eric Massenet, a University of California, Santa Barbara…
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