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