Georgia General Assembly · Full text

SB 34: Public Service Commission; costs incurred by an electric utility as a result of providing electric services to commercial data centers from being included in any rates; prohibit

Comm Sub version, the latest LegiScan holds · Last action February 25, 2026 · Introduced

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The Senate Committee on Regulated Industries and Utilities offered the following substitute to SB 34:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

To amend Chapter 2 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Public Service Commission, so as to require certain contract terms and conditions between electric utilities and large load customers; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 2 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Public Service Commission, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:

"46-2-25.4.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term 'large load customer' means customers with an expected total peak demand of 100 megawatts or greater at one or more premises located on one tract or contiguous tracts of land.

(b) Each contract between an electric utility and a large load customer for the provision of electric service, entered into on or after the effective date of this Act, shall include terms and conditions designed to protect residential and retail electricity customers from costs associated with serving new large load customers, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Minimum billing requirements designed to recover incremental costs associated with serving or preparing to serve a large load customer;

(2) A contract term that may exceed the length of the applicable service tariff;

(3) Performance and credit provisions designed to protect retail customers in the event of contract default; and

(4) Termination provisions designed to protect retail customers in the event of termination of the contract for electric service."

SECTION 2.

This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

SECTION 3.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.