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CT SB01353
Bill
Status
2/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Energy and Technology Committee
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AI Summary
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Amends section 32-286 of Connecticut general statutes regarding data center tax incentives, effective October 1, 2025
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Excludes facilities from "qualified data center" definition if they receive electricity from a behind-the-meter electric supplier, unless that supplier increases its generation capacity to fully offset the facility's electric usage
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Maintains existing definitions for colocation tenants (minimum 2-year contracts), eligible costs (expenditures from July 1, 2021 onward), and qualified data center equipment
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Requires any on-site electricity supplier to add new generation capacity equal to 100% of the data center's consumption to qualify for state subsidies
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Targets data centers using behind-the-meter power arrangements to ensure they are not subsidized unless they contribute equivalent new electricity generation to the grid
Legislative Description
An Act Concerning Subsidies For New Electricity Demand.
Last Action
Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
3/25/2025