VA HB910 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-01 - Continued to 2025 in Rules by voice vote
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Department of Energy; data center energy usage. Requires each data center located in the Commonwealth to make a quarterly energy source report to the Department of Energy's Division of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency that identifies the amount of energy, disaggregated by the source of energy, consumed by the data center in the previous quarter. The bill requires the Division to publish aggregate deidentified data from such reports on its website. The bill also directs the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to convene a work group to estimate the future energy demands of the data center industry in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the work group to include representatives from the Department of Energy, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority, the State Corporation Commission, the data center industry, electric utilities, and other interested stakeholders. The Secretary is required to report the findings of the work group to the General Assembly by November 30, 2024.

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Title

Data centers; energy usage.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-01HouseContinued to 2025 in Rules by voice vote
2024-01-29HouseSubcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
2024-01-25HouseAssigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee
2024-01-09HouseReferred to Committee on Rules
2024-01-09HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103439D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
4521701.2(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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