ACTION: Send a letter to Senators on the Natural Resources Committee.
On the crucial issue of data centers, and their potential impact on our water and utility bills, Senator Machaela Cavanaugh introduced LB 1111, a bill to regulate data centers built in Nebraska, and Senators Terrell McKinney and Ashlei Spivey signed on as co-sponsors.
The bill from the trio of Senators would put in place (there are NONE now!) regulations on data centers that require them to pay the full cost of providing new electricity services, including any necessary new infrastructure, and that cost should not be shared or passed on to individual customers like you and me.
The bill would also require that power suppliers make available to the public the name of the project, developers and owners, location of any proposed data center, its proposed size and electricity demand, as well as details on the customer types and term lengths of contracts with proposed data center customers. The bill also requests that the projects have a decommissioning plan and a Community Benefits Agreement.
Read the “Statement of Intent” on LB 1111 from Sen. Cavanaugh:
“LB 1111 requires the representative organization of public power suppliers to file an annual data center load report. Public power suppliers are required to adopt service terms for large data centers with a demand of 20 megawatts of more to ensure such large data centers pay the full cost of new electricity infrastructure needed for their operation. Public power suppliers are prohibited from transferring the costs of providing electric service to large data centers to other electricity customers. Public power suppliers are required to consider large data center proposals for private electric generation and self-generation; ensure that large data centers adopt decommissioning plans backed by financial instruments; ensure that large data centers enter into community benefit agreements; and provide information about large data centers to the public via public power supplier websites.”
LB 1111 was eferred to the Natural Resources Committee, and a public hearing was held on Thursday, Feb. 12.
It is critical that Nebraskans contact Senators on the Natural Resources Committee *NOW*
Urge them to support LB 1111, to regulate data centers in Nebraska
==> Click here to send a letter to all 8 Senators, and make calls now.
- Sen. Tom Brandt (402) 471-2711
- Sen. Barry DeKay (402) 471-2801
- Sen. Stan Clouse (402) 471-2726
- Sen. Danielle Conrad (402) 471-2720
- Sen. Jana Hughes (402) 471-2756
- Sen. Margo Juarez (402) 471-2710
- Sen. Mike Moser (402) 471-2715
- Sen. Jane Raybould (402) 471-2633
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