2025 bills / S.B. 132
S.B. 132 Electric Utility Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill creates a separate process for electric utilities to serve customers with very large power needs, such as data centers, including procedures for requesting, evaluating, and contracting for that service. It exempts this service from some standard rate rules while requiring safety and reliability standards, accounting transparency to protect regular customers, and a state study of a flexible tariff for large loads, with periodic reviews reported to the Legislature.
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Official description
- defines terms
- establishes alternative processes for providing electric service to customers with large electrical loads
- exempts service provided under this chapter from certain rate regulation requirements while maintaining safety and reliability standards
- creates procedures for submitting, evaluating, and contracting for large-scale electrical service requests
- establishes requirements for qualified electric utilities and large-scale generation providers serving large load customers
- creates accounting and operational transparency requirements to protect retail customers
- establishes a framework for closed private generation systems and connected generation systems
- requires the Public Service Commission (commission) to investigate the feasibility of a large load flexible tariff
- requires the commission to conduct periodic reviews of the program and report to the Legislature
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Every vote
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 22 yes, 1 no, 6 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 14, 2025Who voted how
- 28 yes, 1 noFinal Senate vote · Mar 3, 2025Who voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to change the bill · Mar 4, 2025Who voted how
- 10 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee: vote to approve it · Mar 4, 2025Who voted how
- 71 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal House vote · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how
- 27 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 7, 2025Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 5, 2025 Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee▶ Watch
- Mar 3, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Mar 4, 2025 House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee▶ Watch
- 14/2/2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
- Jul 3, 2025 House floor debate▶ Watch
- Jul 3, 2025 Senate floor debate▶ Watch