South Dakota · Legislation

South Dakota HB1038

South Dakota HB1038 has been enacted.

This bill would allow South Dakota's Public Utilities Commission to charge data centers the real costs they impose on the power grid, rather than standard utility rates. It aims to ensure that large data center electricity consumers pay their fair share of grid infrastructure expenses.

Recorded sponsor: Commerce and Energy.

Official title

Allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.

Bill details

Stage
Enacted
Policy area
Data Centers
Sponsor
Commerce and Energy
Last updated

Focus areas

Topics this bill touches, used to group it with related legislation.

  • Energy Rates
  • Grid Capacity

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How would South Dakota HB1038 change data-center development in South Dakota?

Records current as of . The bill text and legislative history are linked below.