Utah data center and energy laws

What Utah has enacted on data center and energy, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Utah is one of 29 states that enacted a data center and energy law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

10 new Utah laws take effect in 2027

Bills in scope
8bills in scope
Past committee
4past committee
Most recent action
25 March 2026most recent action

Data center and energy laws enacted in Utah

4 data center and energy laws enacted in the Utah Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • HB 507State Coordination of Regional and Local Economic Development Projects AmendmentsTook effect 6 May 2026

    What it requires: Beginning May 6, 2027, political subdivisions are prohibited from providing incentives to large load data centers, with limited exceptions for regionally significant development zones, energy tax revenue, and pre-existing agreements. Counties and municipalities must contribute tax differential revenue to the State Reinvestment Restricted Account.

  • HB 76Data Center Water Transparency AmendmentsTook effect 6 May 2026

    What it requires: Operators of large data centers must notify water providers at least 90 days but no sooner than 360 days before construction begins, detailing anticipated water consumption. Operators must report to the Division of Water Rights before construction and annually after operations begin, including water withdrawal amounts, discharge treatment plans, and water conservation efforts.

    Water, cooling and emissions

  • SB 132Electric Utility AmendmentsTook effect 7 May 2025

    What it requires: Qualified electric utilities must process large-scale service requests (100+ megawatts within five years) and complete evaluations within six months. Large load customers must pay all incremental costs. Large-scale generation providers must register with the commission and use qualifying generation resources. The Public Service Commission must investigate large load flexible tariffs and conduct triennial program reviews.

  • HB 230Blockchain and Digital Innovation AmendmentsTook effect 7 May 2025

    What it requires: State and local governmental entities may not prohibit or restrict persons from accepting digital assets as payment, taking custody of digital assets using self-hosted or hardware wallets, operating blockchain nodes, developing blockchain software, transferring digital assets, or participating in staking. Political subdivisions may not impose sound restrictions on digital asset mining businesses in industrial zones more stringent than generally applicable limits or prevent such businesses from operating in industrial zones if they meet other requirements.

Data center and energy in Utah, by topic

Data center and energy bills in Utah

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

4Enacted

4Introduced or inactive

8 bills in scope

Introduced or inactive

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HB 413Surplus Interconnection Service AmendmentsIn committee

What it would do: Requires affected electrical utilities to analyze surplus interconnection service opportunities from generators with capacity greater than 20 megawatts in integrated resource plan filings and allows cost recovery for approved projects if determined cost-effective by the commission.

HB 585Data Center AmendmentsIn committee

What it would do: Requires large data centers with peak electrical demand of 10 megawatts or more to report energy use projections before construction and actual consumption annually to electrical corporations, which report aggregated data to the Public Service Commission, which reports to the Legislature beginning July 1, 2027.

SB 282Electrical Grid AmendmentsDead

What it would do: Amends Utah's large load contract requirements to require contracts demonstrate net positive or neutral impacts on system reliability, retail customer costs, and environment; require large load customers provide reciprocal benefits and financial security; and require annual resource use reporting to state and local authorities.

SB 318Data Center Non Disclosure AmendmentsIntroduced

What it would do: Prohibits state agencies, cities, towns, and counties from entering into non-disclosure agreements with prospective data centers with 20 megawatts or greater electrical load capacity, makes such agreements void and unenforceable, and requires public disclosure on websites for five years.

Bill titles link to the Utah Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

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 Utah have a data center and energy law?

Yes. Utah enacted 4 data center and energy laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HB 507, HB 76 and SB 132. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

When do Utah's data center and energy laws take effect?

HB 507 on 6 May 2026, HB 76 on 6 May 2026, SB 132 on 7 May 2025 and HB 230 on 7 May 2025.

What does Utah legislate on most in data center and energy?

Water, cooling and emissions (2 bills), Grid reliability and load flexibility (2 bills) and Large-load tariffs and cost allocation (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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