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Senate labor committee advances Perez’s data-center accountability bill over industry objections
Summary
SB 978 would require data centers to prefund transmission upgrades, create separate CPUC rate structures and include construction labor standards; the committee advanced the bill despite industry warnings it may preempt ongoing CPUC proceedings.
Sen. Perez presented SB 978, the Data Center Community Accountability Act, telling the committee the bill aims to protect energy ratepayers from bearing costs for new transmission and distribution required by large data-center loads, ensure data centers pay their fair share for grid upgrades, and include skilled-labor construction standards. "SB 978 ensures that ratepayers are not responsible for these costs by requiring data…
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