HB1038

The amendment NARROWS the bill by changing it from allowing the Public Utilities Commission to assess costs for any docket filing to specifically allowing costs to be assessed only to data centers with peak demand of ten megawatts or greater that request approval for modified electric service contracts. The amendment adds a definition of "data center" that includes digital currency mining operations.

The amendment clarifies that the Public Utilities Commission can only assess actual costs to data centers that are themselves customers of public utilities (rather than all data centers), and refines the definition of "data center" to specify it must have the "primary purpose" of data storage and management. This NARROWS the bill's scope by limiting cost assessments to direct utility customers rather than a broader category of data centers.

This change converts the bill from its engrossed (committee-passed) form to its enrolled (final passed) form, removing internal legislative markup and formatting while retaining the substantive policy that allows the Public Utilities Commission to charge data centers the actual costs of processing special electric service agreements. The amendment is purely administrative and does not alter the bill's purpose or policy content.