North Carolina data center and energy bills

What it would do: Modifies fuel cost recovery for electric utilities by requiring an 80/20 cost-sharing mechanism between customers and shareholders for fuel cost variances. Establishes a Bring Your Own Generation program allowing large customers with 1+ MW peak demand to develop on-site generation and sell grid services. Appropriates $35 million to the Workforce Housing Loan Program for fiscal year 2026-2027.

What it would do: Establishes a two-year moratorium on datacenter siting permits from August 1, 2026 to August 1, 2028. Requires datacenters to annually submit detailed documentation to claim sales and use tax exemptions and directs the Department of Commerce to report revenue impacts to the General Assembly.

What it would do: Establishes tariff requirements for electric utilities serving large-load customers (50+ MW peak demand) with minimum 20-year contracts, contribution to infrastructure costs, and exit fees. Creates a surcharge on large-load customers to fund grid modernization projects benefiting other ratepayers.

What it would do: Requires electric utilities to file tariffs with the Utilities Commission for serving large-load data centers (over 20 megawatts), ensuring data center customers pay all costs and other ratepayers are protected through minimum 10-year contracts, 85% minimum billing demands, and financial assurance requirements. Repeals certain data center tax provisions effective January 1, 2027.

What it would do: Requires large data centers with peak demand of 40+ megawatts or annual water use exceeding one billion liters to obtain certificates of operation, install on-site clean generation offsetting 25% of peak demand, pay rates covering full marginal infrastructure costs, and comply with water use standards. Prohibits data centers from receiving state and local economic development incentives and sales tax exemptions.

What it would do: Requires large-load facilities (50+ MW peak demand) to obtain certificates of operation from the Utilities Commission with rates based on cost causation, prohibits disconnections during extreme weather, requires utility bill transparency, and mandates grid modernization plans.

What it would do: Prohibits public utilities from recovering costs for grid upgrades, generation, and fuel related to serving commercial data centers (100+ megawatts peak demand) from general rate payers. Creates a 14-member Special Commission for Data Center Planning to review grid capacity and make recommendations on data center locations and energy infrastructure expansion.

What it would do: Requires fees on new EV and PHEV charging stations and vehicles sold in North Carolina, and mandates data centers provide their own dispatchable power generation or contract with utilities to fund new power supplies, rather than socializing costs across all ratepayers.