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Public commenters urge stronger environmental review, local benefits and limits on diesel backup for data centers
Summary
During public comment, air districts, community groups and industry stakeholders urged stricter environmental review (particularly for backup generators), local community benefits, full infrastructure cost recovery, and cleaner colocation generation options to protect health and affordability.
After agency panels, the hearing opened to public comment and drew a range of perspectives on environmental, community and resilience issues tied to data center growth.
Representatives of local air pollution control districts warned that many data centers rely on diesel backup generators—frequently qualifying for CEC small power plant exemptions (SPPE) that can bypass more robust environmental review. The witness said diesel backup used for maintenance, testing or grid support emits NOx,…
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