Amends the Clean Air Act to charge owners or operators of data centers for electricity consumption.
The bill amends the Clean Air Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency to impose and collect a charge on the total annual electricity consumption by certain facilities. The charge is calculated based on the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the electricity consumed by the facility. The bill defines applicable facilities as those with more than 50 megawatts of installed information technology capacity. The collected charges are allocated to states and Indian tribes for eligible programs.
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