Data Centers Issue Brief  | National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

This NCEL issue brief outlines state legislative strategies to address data center impacts on the electricity grid, ratepayers, and clean energy goals. It highlights bills from Texas, Georgia, Utah, Virginia, Minnesota, and New Jersey covering transparency requirements, ratepayer protections, demand response programs, and clean energy mandates for data centers. The brief notes that electricity costs could rise 19% by 2028 due to demand growth, with much of that cost passed to utility customers, making state-level intervention critical for protecting communities and advancing decarbonization.