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Senate approves bill aimed at keeping data‑center infrastructure costs off residents’ bills after heated debate
Summary
After hours of debate about utility contracts, consumer protections and confidential fiscal figures, the Georgia Senate passed SB410 to limit ratepayer responsibility for upgrades tied to new data centers; proponents said the measure codifies intent to protect residential customers, opponents warned chief costs may still be shifted.
The Georgia Senate passed SB410, a measure its sponsor framed as a protection for residential electricity ratepayers against costs tied to big data centers.
Senator from the sixth (S2), the bill sponsor, told colleagues the bill eliminates sales‑tax exemptions for certain data‑center equipment, keeps grandfathering for existing certificate holders through the scheduled sunsets and inserts a legislative statement of intent designed to make clear that new large‑load customers should bear marginal infrastructure costs. “We do not want ratepayers paying the cost of data centers,” the senator said. “It is that simple.”
The bill’s supporters argued the language prevents utility…
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