HB 593 KY

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Create new sections of KRS Chapter 96 relating to municipal utilities and KRS Chapter 278 relating to Public Service Commission-regulated utilities to: define terms; only allow for the provision of electric service to a data center through a contract that conforms to the requirements of the Act; require that within 90 days of the effective date of the Act, the electric service provider issue or file a tariff setting forth the process for a data center customer to apply for service; require the payment of a nonrefundable service application fee; require the preparation of studies to determine the manner in which the electric service provider can safely and efficiently serve the data center in a way that does not have negative service or rate impacts to their non-data center customers; establish the minimum contract requirements between the electric service provider and the data center customer; provide that requirements of the Act that are conflict with the Tennessee Valley Authority's requirements for the distribution of electricity that it supplies shall not apply; prohibit the charging or allocating of any costs associated with serving or constructing new infrastructure to serve a data center to any other customers served by natural gas, water, or wastewater utilities; amend KRS 154.20-229 to require that a qualified data center project that has been preliminarily approved for a certificate of exemption under KRS 139.499 include in its memorandum of agreement with the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority a certification that the data center project complies or will comply with all applicable local requirements and the applicable requirements of the Act.

• J. Bray Republican · primary
• J. Petrie Republican · primary
• D. Elliott Republican · primary
• J. Gooch Jr. Republican · primary
• K. King Republican · primary
• D. Osborne Republican · primary

1. Feb 6, 2026 introduced in House · lower
2. Feb 6, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
3. Feb 10, 2026 to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) · lower
4. Feb 26, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
5. Feb 27, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
6. Mar 3, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 04 2026 · lower
7. Mar 4, 2026 3rd reading, passed 90-8 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
8. Mar 5, 2026 received in Senate · upper
9. Mar 5, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
10. Mar 27, 2026 to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) · upper
11. Mar 27, 2026 taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) · upper
12. Mar 27, 2026 1st reading · lower
13. Mar 27, 2026 returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) · upper
14. Mar 31, 2026 taken from Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) · upper
15. Mar 31, 2026 2nd reading · lower
16. Mar 31, 2026 returned to Economic Development, Tourism, & Labor (S) · upper