Arizona SB 1419: solar energy; inspection; contractors

Summary

This bill requires large energy users in Arizona — such as data centers, cryptocurrency mining operations, factories, and other facilities that use at least 50 megawatts of power — to pay for all the electricity costs they create, including fuel, generation, transmission, and distribution expenses. Most importantly, it prevents these costs from being passed on to everyday utility customers, meaning ordinary households and small businesses will no longer subsidize the power bills of major industrial users. The bill affects both public power entities (like municipal utilities) and private utility companies regulated by the Arizona Corporation Commission. It also strengthens consumer protections for people buying or leasing solar panels, requiring clearer disclosures about roof conditions, total costs, and installer qualifications. Overall, this bill matters because it ensures that big power consumers pay their fair share, protecting average Arizonans from higher utility bills driven by the state's growing demand from tech and industrial facilities.

Bill Text

Amendment explanation prepared by Sawyer Bessler 
2/27/2026  
 
 
 
  Bill Number: S.B. 1419 
 Sundareshan Floor Amendment 
 Reference to: printed bill 
 Amendment drafted by: Leg. Council 
 
 
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION 
 
1. Requires a public power entity and the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) to require a large 
load customer to pay for the energy costs, including increased fuel requirements, generation costs 
and transmission costs, that are incurred by the large load customer and that would not have been 
incurred but for the electric demand of the large load customer.  
 
2. Requires the ACC to require a large load customer to also pay for the distribution system costs 
that  are  incurred  by  the  large  load  customer  and  that  would  not  have  been  incurred  but  for  the  
electric demand of the large load customer. 
 
3. Prohibits the energy costs that are incurred by a large load customer from being passed on to other 
public power entity or public service corporation customers. 
 
4. Exempts large load customers from the statutorily prescribed requirements relating to distributed 
energy generation system agreements. 
 
5. Defines large load customers as: 1) industrial facilities; 2) data centers; 3) cryptocurrency mining 
centers;  4)  manufacturing  and  industrial  plants;  5)  hydrogen  production  facilities;  6)  large  
buildings; or 7) any other large load customer. 
 
6. Defines data centers. 

   
 
Fifty-seventh Legislature Sundareshan 
Second Regular Session S.B. 1419 
 
SUNDARESHAN FLOOR AMENDMENT 
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1419 
(Reference to printed bill) 
 
 
The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows: 1 
<<Section  1.    Title  30,  Arizona  Revised  Statutes,  is  amended  by  2 
adding chapter 2, to read: 3 
CHAPTER 2 
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PUBLIC POWER ENTITIES 
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ARTICLE 1.  GENERAL PROVISIONS 
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30-301.  Large load customers; energy costs; definitions 
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[A.    A  PUBLIC  POWER  ENTITY  SHALL  REQUIRE  A  LARGE  LOAD  CUSTOMER  TO  
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PAY  FOR  THE  ENERGY  COSTS,  INCLUDING  INCREASED  FUEL  REQUIREMENTS,  
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GENERATION  COSTS  AND  TRANSMISSION  COSTS,  THAT  ARE  INCURRED  BY  THE  LARGE  
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LOAD CUSTOMER AND THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INCURRED BUT FOR THE ELECTRIC 
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DEMAND OF THE LARGE LOAD CUSTOMER.  THE ENERGY COSTS THAT ARE INCURRED BY 
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A LARGE LOAD CUSTOMER MAY NOT BE PASSED ON TO OTHER PUBLIC POWER ENTITY 
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CUSTOMERS.  
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B.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: 
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1.  "LARGE LOAD CUSTOMER": 
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(a)  MEANS A CUSTOMER THAT USES AT LEAST FIFTY MEGAWATTS AT A SINGLE 
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SITE DURING PEAK DEMAND. 
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(b)  INCLUDES ANY OF THE FOLLOWING: 
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(i)  INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES. 
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(ii)  DATA CENTERS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ITEM, "DATA CENTERS" 
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MEANS  A  FACILITY,  A  CAMPUS  OF  FACILITIES  OR  AN  ARRAY  OF  INTERCONNECTED  
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FACILITIES  IN  THIS  STATE  THAT  IS  USED  BY  AN  ENTITY  OR  OTHER  BUSINESS  
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ENTERPRISE TO OPERATE, MANAGE OR MAINTAIN A COMPUTER, GROUP OF COMPUTERS 
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OR  OTHER  ORGANIZED  ASSEMBLY  OF  HARDWARE  AND  SOFTWARE  FOR  THE  PRIMARY  
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PURPOSE OF PROCESSING, STORING, RETRIEVING OR TRANSMITTING DATA.  
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(iii)  CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING CENTERS.  
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(iv)  MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL PLANTS. 
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(v)  HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FACILITIES. 
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Amendment instruction key: 
[GREEN UNDERLINING IN BRACKETS] indicates text added to statute or  
previously enacted session law. 
[Green underlining in brackets] indicates text added to new session law 
or text restoring existing law. 
[GREEN STRIKEOUT IN BRACKETS] indicates new text removed from statute  
or previously enacted session law. 
[Green strikeout in brackets] indicates text removed from existing statute,  
previously enacted session law or new session law. 
<<Green carets>> indicate a section added to the bill.  
<<Green strikeout in carets>> indicates a section removed from the bill. 

Senate Amendments to S.B. 1419 
 
 
 
 
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(vi)  LARGE BUILDINGS. 
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(vii)  ANY OTHER LARGE LOAD CUSTOMER.  
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2.  "PUBLIC POWER ENTITY" HAS THE SAME MEANING PRESCRIBED IN SECTION 
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30-901.]>> 
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<<Sec. 2.  Title 40, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, 5 
is amended by adding section 40-107, to read: 6 
40-107.  Large load customers; energy costs; definition 
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[A.  THE CORPORATION COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE A LARGE LOAD CUSTOMER 
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TO  PAY  FOR  THE  ENERGY  COSTS,  INCLUDING  INCREASED  FUEL  REQUIREMENTS,  
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GENERATION COSTS, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM COSTS AND TRANSMISSION COSTS, THAT 
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ARE  INCURRED  BY  THE  LARGE  LOAD  CUSTOMER  AND  THAT  WOULD  NOT  HAVE  BEEN  
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INCURRED  BUT  FOR  THE  ELECTRIC  DEMAND  OF  THE  LARGE  LOAD  CUSTOMER.    THE  
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ENERGY COSTS THAT ARE INCURRED BY A LARGE LOAD CUSTOMER MAY NOT BE PASSED 
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ON TO OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION CUSTOMERS.  
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B.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "LARGE LOAD CUSTOMER": 
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1.  MEANS A CUSTOMER THAT USES AT LEAST FIFTY MEGAWATTS AT A SINGLE 
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SITE DURING PEAK DEMAND.