A bill for an act relating to data centers; modifying the criteria for preapplication evaluations of water appropriations for certain data centers; exempting certain data centers’ electricity sales in calculating a utility’s solar energy standard; exempting certain data centers from paying a fee; exempting certain data centers from paying sales tax on electricity purchases (HF 4153 / SF 4681, MN)

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Summary:

Relaxes data center water usage conditions for preapplications. Exempts large data centers from clean energy requirements. Excludes provision of energy to large data centers when calculating utilities’ responsibility to generate solar power. Exempts existing data centers from an annual fee. Exempts large data centers from tax on electricity.

Session:

Current

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Bill Number:

HF 4153

Party of sponsors/cosponsors:

R

Concerns, objectives, methods:

incentive+

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