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Last action · February 10, 2026

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Introduced February 3, 2026

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2026 Regular Session

HB544

AN ACT relating to data centers.

Short title: Kentucky Ratepayer Protection Act

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to define terms; prohibit a retail electric supplier from providing service to a data center customer that has a total aggregated customer contract capacity of greater than 100 megawatts unless the Public Service Commission has approved a tariff or contract for the service that includes certain minimum requirements; exempt a data center customer that has an electric service agreement for more than 100 megawatts of existing load…

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This bill sets rules for how large data centers in Kentucky can buy electricity from public utilities. If a data center needs more than 100 megawatts of power, the state's Public Service Commission must approve the pricing agreement, and the data center must cover the full cost of any new infrastructure built to serve it. The goal is to prevent existing utility customers from seeing their electric bills rise because of the costs of connecting…

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