Data center laws in Nebraska
2 rules at the state level: 2 statutes. Each says what it requires in the words of its text, with the effective date the text gives and a link to the bill or order.
Last verified
- Rules on the record
- 2
- Passed
- 2
- Statutes
- 2
Rules in Nebraska
- L.B. 1010 Statute
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
Passed
L.B. 1010 of the 109th Legislature was signed on April 17, 2026. The legislature titles it: 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...
L.B. 1010 of the 109th Legislature was signed on April 17, 2026. The legislature titles it: 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.
What it requires
The act adopts the Large Load Customer Regulation Act and requires every public power supplier to set interconnection standards for a large load customer, meaning a retail customer asking for a new or expanded interconnection where the total load at a single site would exceed twenty megawatts.
The act adopts the Large Load Customer Regulation Act and requires every public power supplier to set interconnection standards for a large load customer, meaning a retail customer asking for a new or expanded interconnection where the total load at a single site would exceed twenty megawatts. Separately, a data center with a load of ten megawatts or more triggers a load study and notice before interconnection, an annual report to the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment and to the Legislature's Natural Resources Committee each September 30, provision for decommissioning costs, and a community benefit agreement.
- L.B. 526 Statute
Provide powers and duties for public power suppliers related to cryptocurrency mining operations
Passed
Approved by the Governor on 20 May 2025. It defines a cryptocurrency mining operation by the size of its electric load and lets the public power supplier that would serve one put requirements on it for the cost of the infrastructure that serves it.
What it requires
A cryptocurrency mining operation is any facility of one megawatt or more. A public power supplier may impose requirements on such an operation for the cost of infrastructure upgrades needed to serve it.
A law here is one statute, utility commission order, tariff, tax rule, moratorium or bill at the state level. What it requires is taken from the text, never summarized from coverage; a date the text does not give is left empty. Its status is one of five, defined on the laws index. The dated events beneath a law are the scorecard entries that cite it.
Bills tracked
No official summary on file for any of these 8 bills; each links to the legislature's page for the text.
Signed into law 4
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LB1010 Signed
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Provide powers and duties for public power districts related to cryptocurrency mining operations
L.B. 526 Signed
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Provide a property tax exemption and a sales and use tax exemption relating to data centers
LB1080 Signed
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Provide tax incentives for large data center projects
LB1118 Signed
Failed or died 4
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Adopt the Large Load Customer Regulation Act
L.B. 1064 Died at adjournment
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L.B. 1111 Died at adjournment
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L.B. 1131 Died at adjournment
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L.B. 468 Died at adjournment
8 bills tracked in Nebraska; 109th Legislature, legislature adjourned. No data center bills found as of October 26, 2026. Search terms: data center, data centre, large load, hyperscale, computing facility, server farm, high load factor (indirect), energy intensive facility (indirect), large electric load (indirect), digital asset mining (indirect), cryptocurrency mining (indirect), qualified technology facility (indirect), colocation (indirect), moratorium (with another term), sales tax exemption (with another term). The search on LegiScan. (opens in a new tab)
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