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House bill 1063 would require utilities to shield retail customers from data-center costs
Summary
Chairman Thomas said HB 1063 would require utility contracts with data centers to include protections so residential and retail customers do not bear incremental costs of data-center construction or operation, and grants the Georgia Public Service Commission compliance authority.
Chairman Thomas presented House Bill 1063, saying the bill "protects residential and retail electricity customers from costs associated with data center construction and operation." Thomas described the core requirements: utility contracts with data centers must include terms to protect retail customers from costs related to preparing to serve data centers; minimum billing and contract recovery terms would be mandated; contracts may exceed the standard tariff lengths; credit protections and termination provisions would be required to shield retail customers in case of data-center defaults.
Thomas said the new requirements would apply only to contracts entered into after the law's effective date and that the Georgia Public Service Commission would have authority to determine compliance. The transcript records Thomas's high-level overview but contains no recorded committee vote or detailed fiscal analysis.
No technical amendments or dissent on HB 1063 were recorded in the transcript; the chair asked for questions but none were recorded.
