Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB263: Generally revise digital asset mining and data center ratemaking laws
Status: Chaptered, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring the reporting of electricity use for certain energy users; establishing reporting requirements; amending section 69-3332, mca; and providing a delayed effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE REPORTING OF ELECTRICITY USE FOR CERTAIN ENERGY USERS; ESTABLISHING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; AMENDING SECTION 69-3332, MCA; AND PROVIDING A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 69-3-332, MCA, is amended to read: "69-3-332. Digital asset mining and data center ratemaking -- reporting requirement. (1) The commission may not establish a rate classification for digital asset mining, digital asset mining businesses, or home digital asset mining that creates unduly discriminatory rates. (2) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (a) "Data center" means a use involving a building or premises in which the majority of the use is occupied by computers, telecommunications, or related equipment, including supporting equipment, where information is processed, transferred, and stored. (b) "Digital asset mining" means the use of electricity to power a computer for the purpose of securing a blockchain network. (c) "Digital asset mining business" means a group of computers working at a single site that consume more than 1 megawatt of energy on an average annual basis for the purpose of generating digital assets by securing a blockchain network. (d) "Discriminatory rates" means electricity rates substantially different from other industrial similar uses of electricity in similar geographic areas after accounting for the …
Sponsors
- Sullivan, Katie (D, 93) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- : (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- : (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
Subjects: Energy
Common questions
- What is HB263?
- HB263 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise digital asset mining and data center ratemaking laws.
- What does HB263 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring the reporting of electricity use for certain energy users; establishing reporting requirements; amending section 69-3332, mca; and providing a delayed effective date.".
- What is the status of HB263?
- Chaptered as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB263?
- Sullivan, Katie (D, 93).
- Where is the official record for HB263?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0636
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