Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB544: AN ACT relating to data centers.
Status: In committee, February 10, 2026
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to define terms; prohibit a retail electric supplier from providing service to a data center customer that has a total aggregated customer contract capacity of greater than 100 megawatts unless the Public Service Commission has approved a tariff or contract for the service that includes certain minimum requirements; exempt a data center customer that has an electric service agreement for more than 100 megawatts of existing load prior to the effective date of the Act; prohibit the commission from approving a tariff unless all capital and operating costs for new infrastructure to serve the data center are assigned to the data center customer and that the costs for shared benefits for the new facilities are allocated proportionally and will not have any greater adverse impact on other customer classes than if the data center had not connected to the system; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Ratepayer Protection Act.
What the bill says
An act relating to data centers.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to data centers. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 278 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) As used in this section: (a) "Contract" means the service agreement between a retail electric supplier and a customer that owns or operates a data center; (b) "Contract capacity" means the mutually agreed amount of monthly peak load requirements for each month during the remaining term of the contract after the load ramp period has expired; (c) "Data center" means: 1. A qualified data center project that has been approved for a certificate of exemption under KRS 139.499; or 2. A centralized facility that: a. Is used primarily or exclusively for electronic information services, including but not limited to the mining of cryptocurrency and the management, storage, processing, and dissemination of electronic data and information through the use of computer systems, servers, networking equipment, and related components; and b. Has electrical load that is either fixed, portable, or distributable, including but not limited to structures that are not affixed to the ground or are easily removed from a location; (d) "Data center customer" means a customer of a retail electric supplier that owns or operates, or proposes to own or operate, a data center or who …
Sponsors
- Adam Moore (D, HD-045) · primary sponsor
- William Lawrence (R, HD-070)
Latest actions
- : to Small Business & Information Technology (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: Short Titles And Popular Names, Energy, Public Utilities, Information Technology, Boards And Commissions
Common questions
- What is HB544?
- HB544 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to data centers.
- What does HB544 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to data centers.
- What is the status of HB544?
- In committee as of February 10, 2026. Latest action: to Small Business & Information Technology (H) (February 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB544?
- Adam Moore (D, HD-045), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB544?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb544.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.