Nebraska legislation · 109th Legislature
Nebraska LB1111: Require an annual data center load report to the Nebraska Power Review Board, provide powers and duties for public power suppliers, allow and require regulation of data centers, and change provisions relating to regulation of cryptocurrency mining operations
Status: Failed, April 17, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
One Hundred Ninth Legislature - Second Session - 2026 Introducer's Statement of Intent LB1111 Chairperson: Senator Tom Brandt Committee: Natural Resources The following constitutes the reasons for this bill and the purposes which are sought to be accomplished thereby: LB 1111 requires the representative organization of public power suppliers to file an annual data center load report. Public power suppliers are required to adopt service terms for large data centers with a demand of 20 megawatts of more to ensure such large data centers pay the full cost of new electricity infrastructure needed for their operation. Public power suppliers are prohibited from transferring the costs of providing electric service to large data centers to other electricity customers. Public power suppliers are required to consider large data center proposals for private electric generation and self-generation; ensure that large data centers adopt decommissioning plans backed by financial instruments; ensure that large data centers enter into community benefit agreements; and provide information about large data centers to the public via public power supplier websites. Principal Introducer: ________________________________ Senator Machaela Cavanaugh
Sponsors
- Machaela Cavanaugh (NP, 6) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Provisions/portions of LB1111 amended into LB1010 by AM2422
- : Indefinitely postponed
- : Notice of hearing for February 12, 2026
- : Referred to Natural Resources Committee
- : Spivey name added
- : Kauth FA770 filed
- : Date of introduction
Common questions
- What is LB1111?
- LB1111 is a bill in the Nebraska Legislature (109th Legislature): Require an annual data center load report to the Nebraska Power Review Board, provide powers and duties for public power suppliers, allow and require regulation of data centers, and change provisions relating to regulation of cryptocurrency mining operations.
- What is the status of LB1111?
- Failed as of April 17, 2026. Latest action: Provisions/portions of LB1111 amended into LB1010 by AM2422 (April 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored LB1111?
- Machaela Cavanaugh (NP, 6).
- Where is the official record for LB1111?
- On the Nebraska Legislature website: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=63375
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