KY HB593

Data centers with 15+ megawatts peak demand and 60%+ monthly load factor must receive electric service only through special contracts that prevent non-data center customers from subsidizing data center costs through rates or infrastructure investments

Municipal electric utilities must issue data center tariffs within 90 days of the Act's effective date, requiring a minimum $75,000 nonrefundable application fee plus full actual costs for interconnection and pricing studies

Data centers exceeding 25 megawatts (municipal utilities) or 250 megawatts (retail electric suppliers) must have dedicated power resources to serve their contract capacity

The Public Service Commission must promulgate regulations within 90 days requiring retail electric suppliers to file data center tariffs, with contracts requiring prepayment of all estimated capital costs and full allocation of fixed and variable costs to the data center

Data center projects seeking tax exemptions under KRS 139.499 must certify compliance with the Act's utility requirements, and utilities providing water, sewage, or gas services are similarly prohibited from allocating data center infrastructure costs to other customers