New York data center and energy bills

What it would do: Establishes a one-year moratorium on permits for large data centers (20+ megawatts peak demand), requires public hearings and environmental impact reports, mandates separate utility rate classifications for large data centers, sets renewable energy procurement standards, and requires data centers to fund host community benefits including residential technologies and infrastructure.

What it would do: Requires new data centers and existing data centers undergoing major expansion of twenty megawatts or more to fund programs providing discounts or credits on residential electric bills or installing eligible residential technologies for customers in host communities, with the Public Service Commission to establish program details within ninety days.

What it would do: Requires electric corporations, gas corporations, and municipalities to establish separate service classifications for large energy use facilities with peak demand of 20 megawatts or more, assigning all infrastructure, operational, and commodity cost increases to those facilities rather than other customers.

What it would do: Requires data center operators with 20+ megawatts capacity to submit disclosure reports detailing energy use, water consumption, emissions, and workforce before construction, hold public hearings, and file annual reports; prohibits fossil fuel power purchase agreements from offering economic incentives to regulated data centers.

What it would do: Prohibits state economic development power allocations and certain financial assistance for data centers. Requires job creation clawback provisions, annual compliance certifications, and environmental review for data centers within ten miles of federally recognized Indian nation territory.

What it would do: Establishes procedures for electric utilities to serve high-usage customers requesting one hundred megawatts or greater of electric demand, including evaluation timelines, contract requirements, and commission approval processes. Exempts certain large-scale generation providers from utility regulation.

What it would do: Requires large-capacity data center facilities in New York to reduce potable water intake by 50% by 2031 and 75% by 2035, and to use at least 40-60% non-potable recycled water, with permitting, reporting, and enforcement mechanisms administered by the Department of Environmental Conservation.

What it would do: Imposes a moratorium on data center permits until 90 days after environmental regulations are issued, requiring an environmental impact report and rate impact study, with final regulations due no sooner than three years after enactment.

What it would do: Establishes a grid modernization surcharge on covered data centers collected by electric corporations and public authorities, with funds deposited into a grid modernization fund to finance system reliability, capacity expansion, and clean energy integration.

What it would do: Prohibits electric and gas corporations from passing costs of building or operating data centers or semiconductor fabrication plants to general ratepayers, though such costs may be charged to ratepayers involved with or associated with the facility.

What it would do: Directs the Public Service Commission to create a separate service classification and tariff schedule for large energy use facilities using 20+ megawatts primarily for data center services, with cost allocation protections and 10+ year contracts. Requires biennial reports on load trends through January 1, 2035.

What it would do: Requires new data centers with over one megawatt IT load and major expansions of existing data centers to submit thermal energy network feasibility assessments and capture waste heat through thermal networks unless technically infeasible or economically burdensome, effective for permits issued after January 1, 2027.

What it would do: Imposes an excise tax on electricity used for digital asset mining using proof-of-work methods in New York, with rates from 0 to 5 cents per kilowatt-hour based on annual consumption, effective January 1, 2027, with revenue directed to residential energy affordability programs.

What it would do: Directs the New York state energy research and development authority to conduct a study on powering cryptocurrency mining centers with renewable energy, including surveying existing centers, evaluating feasibility, assessing economic impacts, and reporting findings within one year.

What it would do: Requires electric corporations to establish a special rate classification for datacenters with peak demand of 400 kW or greater, and prohibits off-grid power connections from bypassing public purpose funding mechanisms. Authorizes NYSERDA to provide congestion management incentives for datacenters in specified NYISO zones meeting renewable energy requirements.

What it would do: Authorizes ORES to issue siting permits for battery energy storage systems used by data centers under the major renewable energy facility siting process. Requires all data centers to develop and submit carbon reduction plans consistent with CLCPA targets that include renewable or zero carbon emission energy sources.

What it would do: Extends a moratorium on air permit issuance and renewal for electric generating facilities using carbon-based fuel that provide behind-the-meter energy to cryptocurrency mining operations using proof-of-work authentication, until one year after completion of a required environmental impact statement.

What it would do: Establishes energy benchmarking programs for state entities and private covered buildings. State entities must reduce average energy use intensity by 20% by April 1, 2030. Private building owners exceeding 50,000 square feet must annually benchmark energy and water use starting May 1, 2027.