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Committee hears bill asking the PUC to study tariffs for large‑use electric customers, including data centers
Summary
Representative Kat McGee introduced HB 17‑22 to ask the Public Utilities Commission to open an investigatory docket and develop tariff options for "large use" electric facilities (20 MW+). The Department of Energy and utility witnesses said the bill should be reframed as an investigatory docket and cautioned about jurisdictional and technical issues, while environmental groups urged broader planning and consumer protections.
Representative Kat McGee told the committee HB 17‑22 would direct the Public Utilities Commission to open a docket and develop a regulatory framework for a new customer classification: "large use" electric facilities that peak at 20 megawatts or more and typically include data centers and similar high‑intensity electricity users. The bill seeks to clarify how costs for interconnection, transmission and any required capital investments would be allocated so retail ratepayers are not exposed to cost‑shifting.
"The idea behind the bill is to look at it from a ratepayer…
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