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Laws · Pennsylvania · H.B. 1834

H.B. 1834: Providing for the regulation of commercial data centers; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Department of Human Services and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority; establishing the Data Center Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Enhancement Account and the Pennsylvania Energy Independence Account; providing for clean firm energy requirements, contract filing, commission review, disclosure requirements, backup generation standards, curtailment standards and certification and expedited interconnection for commercial data centers bringing incremental clean firm energy resources; and imposing penalties.

Pennsylvania, 2025-2026 Regular Session. In committee, March 31, 2026.

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Status In committee In committee, .

Official summary

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

Description

An Act providing for the regulation of commercial data centers; imposing duties on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Department of Human Services and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority; establishing the Data Center Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Enhancement Account and the Pennsylvania Energy Independence Account; providing for clean firm energy requirements, contract filing, commission review, disclosure requirements, backup generation standards, curtailment standards and certification and expedited interconnection for commercial data centers bringing incremental clean firm energy resources; and imposing penalties.

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 Robert Matzie (D); John Inglis (D); Daniel Deasy (D); Ed Neilson (D); Kyle Mullins (D); James Haddock (D); Kyle Donahue (D); Tarah Probst (D); Carol Hill-Evans (D); Jose Giral (D); Ben Sanchez (D); Gina Curry (D); Dan Williams (D); Nathan Davidson (D); Kristine Howard (D); Dan Frankel (D); Steven Malagari (D); Lisa Borowski (D); Heather Boyd (D); James Prokopiak (D); Gregory Scott (D); Brandon Markosek (D); Mandy Steele (D); Ismail Smith-Wade-El (D); Joseph Ciresi (D); Robert Freeman (D); Paul Friel (D); Joseph Webster (D); Jeanne McNeill (D); Benjamin Waxman (D); Paul Takac (D); Jennifer O'Mara (D); Tarik Khan (D); Rick Krajewski (D); Nancy Guenst (D); Liz Hanbidge (D); Sean Dougherty (D); Nikki Rivera (D); Roni Green (D); Timothy Brennan (D); Malcolm Kenyatta (D); Tina Davis (D); Stephen Samuelson (D); Abigail Salisbury (D)

Subjects None on file. The legislature's own list.

Official page www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb1834. Found through LegiScan (bill 2043019), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. March 31, 2026 In committee

    H.B. 1834 went to committee in the Senate. palegis.us primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure.

  2. March 24, 2026 Passed first chamber

    H.B. 1834 passed the House. palegis.us primary source [1] The official action text: Re-reported as committed.

  3. March 24, 2026 In committee

    H.B. 1834 went to committee in the House. palegis.us primary source [1] The official action text: Re-reported as committed.

  4. March 23, 2026 In committee

    H.B. 1834 went to committee in the House. palegis.us primary source [1] The official action text: Re-committed to Appropriations.

  5. September 4, 2025 In committee

    H.B. 1834 went to committee in the House. palegis.us primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Energy.

  6. September 4, 2025 Introduced

    H.B. 1834 was introduced in the House. palegis.us primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Energy.

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Sources

  1. H.B. 1834 on the legislature's site www.palegis.us

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