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Committee releases data‑center reporting bill and a separate tariff proposal after contested testimony

New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Committee · May 22, 2025
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Summary

The committee released S.4293 (data‑center water and energy reporting) and S.4307 (special tariff authority for large‑load data centers) after testimony about water use, grid impacts and economic trade‑offs; amendments limited tariff scope to very large facilities.

The committee considered two related measures aimed at large computing facilities: S.4293 would require data centers to submit regular water and energy usage reports to the BPU; S.4307 would authorize utilities to design special tariffs for large‑load data centers to protect ratepayers from new transmission, distribution, capacity or energy costs.

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