Georgia data center and energy bills

What it would do: Creates the Office of the Consumers' Utility Counsel to represent consumers in Public Service Commission proceedings and other regulatory matters affecting utility rates and services, with a director appointed by the Governor.

What it would do: Prohibits electric utilities from including costs related to serving large load customers in general rates unless those rates are designed to substantially recover such costs from those large load customers.

What it would do: Requires electric utilities to include contract terms protecting residential and retail customers from data center costs, including minimum billing requirements, extended contract terms, credit provisions, and termination protections for data centers with peak annual electricity demand of 100 megawatts or greater.

What it would do: Creates a statewide homestead property tax exemption for Georgia residents, with the exemption amount determined annually from excess ad valorem tax collections on data centers, effective January 1, 2027, subject to voter approval and constitutional amendment ratification in November 2026.

What it would do: Requires new data centers that receive a certificate of occupancy after July 1, 2027 to operate as hybrid power data centers using renewable energy sources combined with grid electricity or backup generation, and authorizes the Public Service Commission to enforce compliance.

What it would do: Creates the Georgia Property Tax Fairness Fund funded by insurance premium taxes and high-technology data center sales taxes, and issues income tax credits to qualifying homeowners and renters whose property taxes or rent exceed specified percentages of income.

What it would do: Prohibits counties and municipalities from issuing permits for data center construction or development between July 1, 2026, and December 31, 2028. Establishes a 14-member Data Center Impact Assessment Commission to study cumulative impacts and submit policy recommendations by October 1, 2029.

What it would do: Prohibits counties, municipal corporations, and political subdivisions from entering nondisclosure agreements regarding electricity or water usage of any entity. Suspends issuance of new sales tax exemption certificates for high-technology data center equipment from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, except for existing contracts.

What it would do: Prohibits counties, municipalities, and other local political subdivisions from issuing permits, licenses, or certificates for construction or development of new data centers between the effective date and March 1, 2027, except for permits issued before July 1, 2026.

What it would do: Prohibits counties, municipal corporations, authorities, and other political subdivisions of Georgia from entering into nondisclosure agreements that prevent disclosure of any entity's electricity or water usage information.

What it would do: Advances the sunset date for Georgia's data center equipment sales and use tax exemption from January 1, 2032 to January 1, 2027.

What it would do: Revises the sunset date for a sales and use tax exemption on high-technology data center equipment from December 31, 2031 to December 31, 2026.