Oregon data center and energy laws
What Oregon has enacted on data center and energy, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Oregon is one of 29 states that enacted a data center and energy law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
5 new Oregon laws take effect in 2027
- Bills in scope
- 3bills in scope
- Past committee
- 1past committee
- Most recent action
- 7 July 2025most recent action
Data center and energy laws enacted in Oregon
One data center and energy law enacted in the Oregon Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.
Large-load tariffs and cost allocation
Data center and energy in Oregon, by topic
Large-load tariffs and cost allocation
1 bill, 1 enacted. Enacted in 19 states.
Water, cooling and emissions
1 bill. Enacted in 7 states.
Grid reliability and load flexibility
1 bill. Enacted in 11 states.
Data center and energy bills in Oregon
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
1Enacted
2Introduced or inactive
3 bills in scope
Introduced or inactive
2
What it would do: Requires data centers to report quarterly water usage to the Water Resources Department and electricity usage to the State Department of Energy, which must publish summaries on a website by July 1, 2027. Directs the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt emissions standards for data center standby generators.
Bill titles link to the Oregon Legislature's own page.
What counts as data center and energy legislation
In scope: Large-load tariffs and cost allocation; siting, zoning and permitting; tax incentives and clawbacks; on-site and co-located generation; water, cooling and emissions; and grid reliability and load flexibility.
Questions
Does Oregon have a data center and energy law?
Yes. Oregon enacted 1 data center and energy law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HB 3546. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.
What does Oregon legislate on most in data center and energy?
Large-load tariffs and cost allocation (1 bill), Water, cooling and emissions (1 bill) and Grid reliability and load flexibility (1 bill).
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Data center and energy bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
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Data center and energy legislation in other jurisdictions
49 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- Virginia83
- New Jersey68
- Congress61
- Pennsylvania38
- Michigan35
- Illinois23
- West Virginia22
- Maryland21
- New York19
- California16
- South Dakota14
- Minnesota13
- Oklahoma13
- South Carolina13
- Georgia12
- Indiana12
- Iowa11
- Montana11
- Ohio11
- Tennessee11
- Texas11
- Arkansas9
- Arizona9
- Connecticut9
- Idaho9
- Louisiana9
- North Carolina9
- Nebraska8
- Utah8
- Wisconsin8
- Delaware7
- Kentucky7
- Washington7
- Kansas6
- New Hampshire6
- Colorado5
- Florida5
- Missouri5
- Massachusetts4
- North Dakota4
- Rhode Island4
- Vermont4
- Maine3
- Alaska2
- Alabama2
- Hawaii2
- Mississippi2
- New Mexico2
- Wyoming2
Know when Oregon's data center and energy law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.