HB 2150 — An Act providing for annual reporting of energy consumption and water consumption by data centers; and imposing a penalty.

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21503029 2026THE INTRODUCEDGENERAL BYASSEMBLY MULLINS,OF DONAHUE,PENNSYLVANIA WAXMAN,HOUSE PROKOPIAK,BILL HILL-EVANS,Session OTTEN, SHUSTERMAN, WEBSTER, RIVERA, VITALI, SAPPEY, MAYES, BOROWSKI, SANCHEZ, MALAGARI, RABB, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, BOYD, STEELE, FRANKEL, SCOTT AND CERRATO, JANUARY 20, 2026 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, JANUARY 20, 2026 AN ACT Providing for annual reporting of energyNo. consumption and water consumption by data centers;

2150 2026 INTRODUCED BY MULLINS, DONAHUE, WAXMAN, PROKOPIAK, HILL-EVANS, SHUSTERMAN, WEBSTER, RIVERA, VITALI, SAPPEY, MAYES, BOROWSKI, SANCHEZ, MALAGARI, RABB, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, BOYD, STEELE, FRANKEL, SCOTT, CERRATO, KOSIEROWSKI, SAMUELSON AND MUNROE, JANUARY 20, 2026 AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON ENERGY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 19, 2026 AN ACT Providing for annual reporting of energy consumption and water consumption by data centers;

"Data center." All or part of a facility that is composed of <-- one or more businesses, owners or tenants, that is or will be predominantly used to house working servers or similar data storage systems and that may have uninterruptible energy supply or generator backup power, or both, cooling systems, towers and other temperature control infrastructure.

"DATA CENTER." A FACILITY, CAMPUS OF FACILITIES OR <-- INTERCONNECTED ARRAY OF FACILITIES THAT MAY BE COMPOSED OF ONE OR MORE BUSINESSES, OWNERS OR TENANTS, THAT MEET ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1) ARE PREDOMINANTLY USED TO HOUSE WORKING SERVERS OR SIMILAR DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS.

(2) HAVE UNINTERRUPTIBLE ENERGY SUPPLY OR GENERATOR BACKUP POWER, COOLING SYSTEMS, TOWERS AND OTHER TEMPERATURE CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE.

(3) HAVE A PEAK ELECTRIC DEMAND OF 10 MEGAWATTS OR GREATER.

"ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COMPANY." THE TERM SHALL MEAN THE <-- SAME AS DEFINED UNDER 66 PA.C.S.

§ 2803 (RELATING TO DEFINITIONS).

(a) Annual report.--Each data center operating in this Commonwealth shall submit an annual report to the department on the facility's energy consumption and water consumption for the 20260HB2150PN3029 - 2 - preceding calendar year.

(3) The ESTIMATED average amount of energy usage per <-- hour during THE DATA CENTER'S peak load, measured in <-- kilowatt-hours.

20260HB2150PN2777 - 2 - (6) Any measures undertaken to protect the environment and public from polluted water.

(7) Any measures undertaken to generate electricity on- site OR OFF-SITE to reduce carbon emissions or impacts on the <-- electric grid, including the specific energy source, and any potential future measures to generate electricity or other form of energy on-site.on-site OR OFF-SITE.

<-- (8) Total amount of waste heat produced on-site, <-- measured in British thermal units.

(9) (8) Any measures undertaken to recover waste heat to <-- power the data center, or to recover waste heat for purposes relating to general building heating, cooling systems or coolant systems specifically for the capture of waste heat from processors.

20260HB2150PN3029 - 3 - (10) The (9) AN ESTIMATION OF THE projected total <-- energy and water demand for the following year, including a comparison of the previous year's total energy and water consumption, if applicable.

(11) (10) Any other information required by the <-- department.

20260HB2150PN2777 - 3 - (2) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Environmental Resources and Energy Committee of the Senate.

(6) The chairperson and minority chairperson of the Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee of 20260HB2150PN3029 - 4 - the House of Representatives.

(b) Deposit of penalties collected.--Penalties collected under this section shall be deposited into the low-income electric customer assistance program of the energy ELECTRIC <-- distribution company for the service territory in which the data center IN VIOLATION is located.

<-- Section 5.

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