H.B. 544: AN ACT relating to data centers.
Kentucky, 2026 Regular Session. In committee, February 10, 2026.
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H.B. 544 at a glance
Status In committee In committee, .
No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.
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.
Measure Bill.
Sponsors Adam Moore (D); William Lawrence (R)
Subjects Boards and Commissions, Energy, Information Technology, Public Utilities, Short Titles and Popular Names The legislature's own list.
Official page apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb544.html. Found through LegiScan (bill 2106477), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.
What happened, and when
- February 10, 2026 In committee
H.B. 544 went to committee in the House. apps.legislature.ky.gov primary source [1] The official action text: to Small Business & Information Technology (H).
- February 3, 2026 In committee
H.B. 544 went to committee in the House. apps.legislature.ky.gov primary source [1] The official action text: introduced in House.
- February 3, 2026 Introduced
H.B. 544 was introduced in the House. apps.legislature.ky.gov primary source [1] The official action text: introduced in House.
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