The FAIR Data Act prohibits electric utilities from recovering costs associated with data centers from residential and small business consumers.
The FAIR Data Act amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to add a standard prohibiting the recovery of costs associated with data centers by certain electric utilities. A "covered data center" is defined as a facility or aggregation of facilities with a peak demand exceeding 75 megawatts, primarily containing electronic equipment for processing, storing, transmitting, or hosting digital information. The Act mandates that state regulatory authorities consider and determine the standard for covered utilities within a specified timeframe.
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