Establishes the "accountability of costs for data centers act"

Showing the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.

• Democratic50
• Republican1

This bill has cosponsors from more than one party.

Shown in neutral colors by design; Agora is non-partisan.

◆ The sponsor's argument

Why Kristen Gonzalez says this is needed

According to the New York Independent System Operator's (NYISO's) 2025 Power Trends report, data centers - fueled by the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, and cryptocurrency mining activ- ities - are becoming major electricity consumers. By 2030 demand to the electric grid could increase by an additional 1,600 megawatts (MW) to nearly 4,000 MW due primarily to a combination of new large loads and building electrification. This additional demand will create greater need to invest in our energy grid, an investment that is borne by all ratepayers. This bill holds large energy use facilities - defined as a facility that uses 20MW or more and primarily provides computing infrastructure not including manufacturing, data processing services, web hosting service, and related services, including streaming support services, other than software publishing and streaming distribution services - accountable for paying their fair share for their own energy needs. By creating a new customer class, we can protect families and small businesses from paying for the energy needs of new large energy users.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.