Committee briefed on local tools and tariff options to limit data‑center impacts
Presenters and staff discussed local levers — community benefit agreements, zoning and procurement conditions — alongside utility tools (tariffs, minimum billing, bespoke resources and financial security) to allocate costs and reduce risks to ratepayers.
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Presenters told the committee that many concerns about environmental impacts and equity fall outside the narrow scope of the Public Service Commission and are best addressed through local policy tools and state statutory changes. Corey Singletary said the PSC can require data centers to pay contribution amounts within rate cases, but land use, zoning and community benefit agreements (CBAs) are tools municipalities can pursue.
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