Oregon House passes bill making large data centers pay for power grid costs, not the customers
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The Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill dubbed the "POWER Act" on Tuesday. The bill aims to protect electric customers from shouldering part of the cost of powering large data centers.
The bill now moves to the Oregon Senate for further discussion.
House Bill 3546, which passed with bipartisan support, directs the Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) to create a separate electricity rate class for large energy-use facilities.
Large energy-use facilities are defined in the bill as businesses that use or are capable of using 20 megawatts or more of electricity. For context, the average yearly residential electricity use is about 12 megawatts, according to the Oregon Department of Energy.
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