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

Bill Text

PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2777 PRINTER'S NO. 3029
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2150
Session of
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; and imposing a penalty.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Data Center
Energy and Water Reporting Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Commission." The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
"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
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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.
"Department." The Department of Environmental Protection of
the Commonwealth.
"ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION COMPANY." THE TERM SHALL MEAN THE
SAME AS DEFINED UNDER 66 PA.C.S. § 2803 (RELATING TO
DEFINITIONS).
"Energy consumption." The total amount of electricity or
other forms of energy consumed by a data center, measured in
kilowatt-hours.
"Facility." One or more parcels of land in this Commonwealth
and any structures and personal property contained on the land.
"Water consumption." The total amount of water consumed by a
data center, including water used for cooling, measured in
gallons.
Section 3. Reporting requirements.
(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
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preceding calendar year.
(b) Contents.--The report shall include the following:
(1) The name and address of the facility, including the
nature or purpose of the facility.
(2) Total energy consumption for the previous calendar
year, specified by month and the energy source consumed.
(3) The ESTIMATED average amount of energy usage per
hour during THE DATA CENTER'S peak load, measured in
kilowatt-hours.
(4) Total water consumption for the previous calendar
year, along with the maximum day demand, specified by month,
water source and whether the consumption was intended for
cooling or another application.
(5) Any measures undertaken in the previous calendar
year to improve energy or water efficiency and reduce energy
or water consumption.
(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 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.
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(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.
(c) Submission.--By July 1, 2027, and each July 1
thereafter, the annual report shall be submitted in a manner
determined by the department.
(d) Department duties.--The department, in consultation with
the commission, shall publish an annual report on the energy and
water consumption trends for data centers operating in this
Commonwealth, including environmenta