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Laws · Ohio · S.B. 381

S.B. 381: Require PUCO approval to connect data centers to electrical grid

Ohio, 136th General Assembly. Introduced, March 19, 2026.

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Status Introduced Introduced, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Description

To enact sections 4908.01, 4908.02, 4908.021, 4908.022, 4908.023, 4908.03, 4908.031, 4908.032, 4908.033, 4908.034, 4908.04, 4908.041, 4908.042, 4908.05, 4908.051, 4908.052, 4908.053, and 4908.06 of the Revised Code to require the Public Utility Commission's approval of agreements to interconnect data centers to the electrical grid.

As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan, source 1. It is the legislature's own line about the measure, not a summary of it.

Measure Bill.

Sponsors Casey Weinstein (D); Willis Blackshear (D); Hearcel Craig (D); William DeMora (D); Kent Smith (D)

Subjects State and Local Government : State Government, Utilities : Electric Utilities, Senate Public Utilities Committee The legislature's own list.

Official page www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/sb381. Found through LegiScan (bill 2136140), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. March 19, 2026 Introduced

    S.B. 381 was introduced in the Senate. legislature.ohio.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Introduced.

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Sources

  1. S.B. 381 on the legislature's site www.legislature.ohio.gov

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