AZ HB 2756 — Utilities; High Load Factor Customers (Data Center Ratepayer Cost Protection)

AZ HB 2756 would require the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) to establish cost-responsibility rules protecting residential and small-business ratepayers from electricity grid upgrade costs caused by large high-load-factor customers such as data centers. Companion bill to AZ HB 4158 (FY2027 data center tax moratorium). Awaiting primary-source verification of enacted status.

Technical detail

Directs the Arizona Corporation Commission to promulgate rules allocating transmission and distribution infrastructure costs attributable to high-load-factor customers (defined by peak demand threshold) away from general ratepayers. Companion measure to AZ HB 4158 (data center TPT tax moratorium, effective FY2027). Enacted status and effective date unconfirmed pending azleg.gov access.

Who is protected: Arizona residential and small-business electricity ratepayers who would otherwise bear grid upgrade costs driven by large data center load growth.

Who must comply: Arizona Corporation Commission (rulemaking obligation); large high-load-factor commercial customers subject to cost-responsibility allocation.

Key facts

Related data-center siting and energy rules elsewhere

• SB 484 (FL Data Center Costs) · In effect
• Maine Data Center Moratorium (vetoed) · Vetoed
• VA Data Center Siting Bill (Vetoed) · Vetoed
• VA Data Center Tax Exemption · In effect
• VA Data Center Cost-Allocation Law · In effect
• Texas SB 6 (Data Center Grid Law) · In effect