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Wisconsin SB729

Wisconsin SB729 is no longer advancing.

This Wisconsin bill imposes new fees on large energy customers, creates a special utility rate class for very large users like data centers, establishes renewable energy tariff requirements, sets building standards for data centers, regulates their water usage, and requires prevailing wage pay rates on large-scale data center construction projects. It places significant new regulatory and financial obligations on data center operators in the state.

Recorded sponsors: Jodi Habush Sinykin, Mark Spreitzer, Sarah Keyeski, Timothy Carpenter.

Official title

Large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Bill details

Stage
Dead
Policy area
Data Centers
Party origin
Democrat
Sponsors
Jodi Habush Sinykin, Mark Spreitzer, Sarah Keyeski, Timothy Carpenter
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Focus areas

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

  • Grid Capacity
  • Energy Rates
  • Water Consumption
  • Renewable Energy
  • Water Infrastructure

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How would Wisconsin SB729 change data-center development in Wisconsin?

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