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CT SB01353

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Energy and Technology Committee

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Origin

Senate

2025 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends section 32-286 of Connecticut general statutes regarding data center tax incentives, effective October 1, 2025

  • 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

  • Maintains existing definitions for colocation tenants (minimum 2-year contracts), eligible costs (expenditures from July 1, 2021 onward), and qualified data center equipment

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Finance, Revenue and Bonding3/18/2025
Energy and Technology2/20/2025

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