Nebraska legislation · 109th Legislature
Nebraska LB1010: Adopt the Large Load Customer Regulation Act, provide for eminent domain relating to energy storage and regulation and taxation of energy storage resources, and change provisions relating to cryptocurrency mining operations and data centers
Status: Signed into law, April 17, 2026
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT relating to electricity; to amend sections 70-670 and 70-1012.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, sections 70-704, 77-6202, and 77-6203, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, and sections 13-518, 70-1001.01, 70-1012, 70-1015, 70-1506, 77-202, and 77-6204, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2025; to adopt the Large Load Customer Regulation Act; to change provisions relating to restricted funds; to provide for eminent domain relating to energy storage; to provide for storage of electric energy under the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act…
From the enrolled text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to electricity; to amend sections 70-670 and 70-1012.01, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, sections 70-704, 77-6202, and 77-6203, Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2024, and sections 13-518, 70-1001.01, 70-1012, 70-1015, 70-1506, 77-202, and 77-6204, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2025; to adopt the Large Load Customer Regulation Act; to change provisions relating to restricted funds; to provide for eminent domain relating to energy storage; to provide for storage of electric energy under the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act; to define and redefine terms; to change application, notice, filing, exemption, and violation provisions, and provide for certain energy storage resources relating to certain electric suppliers; to change provisions relating to cryptocurrency mining operations and data centers; to provide requirements relating to data centers; to provide for a nameplate capacity tax for energy storage resources; to harmonize provisions; and to repeal the original sections. Section 1. Sections 1 to 4 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the Large Load Customer Regulation Act. Sec. 2. For purposes of the Large Load Customer Regulation Act: (1) Large load customer means a retail load customer requesting a new or expanded interconnection where the total load at a single site would exceed twenty megawatts; (2) Onsite backup generating facilities means (a) generation of one megawatt or larger that is …