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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 1292
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1292
6	6		January Session, 2025
	7	+	LCO No. 4310
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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12		-	AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY CONCERNING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
	19	+	AN ACT CONCERNING ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY
13	20		REQUIREMENTS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DATA CENTERS.
14	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
15	22		Assembly convened:
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17		-	Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Energy and 1
18		-	Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Public Utilities 2
19		-	Regulatory Authority and the Commissioner of Economic and 3
20		-	Community Development, shall conduct a study concerning energy 4
21		-	efficiency performance standards for artificial intelligence data centers. 5
22		-	Such study shall consider (1) best practices for energy efficiency in such 6
23		-	data centers, (2) energy management systems that may be implemented 7
24		-	by such data centers, (3) the use of renewable energy resources to offset 8
25		-	greenhouse gas production by such data centers, (4) the ability of such 9
26		-	data centers to participate in demand response programs, and (5) 10
27		-	limitations on the use of diesel backup generators to prohibit peak 11
28		-	shaving or load shedding by such data centers. Not later than February 12
29		-	1, 2026, the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the 13
30		-	provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 14
31		-	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 15
32		-	relating to energy and technology. 16
	24	+	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) For the purposes of this 1
	25	+	section: 2
	26	+	(1) "Artificial intelligence" has the same meaning as provided in 3
	27	+	section 51-10e of the general statutes; 4
	28	+	(2) "Artificial intelligence data center" or "data center" means a facility 5
	29	+	that is developed, acquired, constructed, rehabilitated, renovated, 6
	30	+	repaired or operated to house a group of networked computer servers 7
	31	+	in one physical location or multiple contiguous locations to centralize 8
	32	+	the storage, management and dissemination of data and information 9
	33	+	pertaining to artificial intelligence that requires an energy load of not 10
	34	+	less than one megawatt of uninterrupted capacity; 11
	35	+	(3) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Energy and 12
	36	+	Environmental Protection; 13
	37	+	Raised Bill No. 1292
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	43	+	(4) "Energy reuse factor" means a calculation of waste heat reused 14
	44	+	divided by total energy consumption; 15
	45	+	(5) "Power usage effectiveness" means a calculation of an artificial 16
	46	+	intelligence data center's total energy consumption divided by the total 17
	47	+	energy consumption of its information technology equipment; 18
	48	+	(6) "Renewable energy factor" means a calculation of an artificial 19
	49	+	intelligence data center's total renewable energy consumption divided 20
	50	+	by its total energy consumption; 21
	51	+	(7) "Total renewable energy" means the sum of total renewable 22
	52	+	energy certificates, total renewable energy consumption from power 23
	53	+	purchasing agreements and total renewable energy consumption from 24
	54	+	on-site renewable energy generating resources or power supplies; 25
	55	+	(8) "Waste heat reused" means any heat that is used or reused outside 26
	56	+	the boundary of an artificial intelligence data center and that substitutes, 27
	57	+	partly or entirely, energy needed outside the boundary of such data 28
	58	+	center; and 29
	59	+	(9) "Water usage effectiveness" means a calculation of an artificial 30
	60	+	intelligence data center's total water input divided by the total energy 31
	61	+	consumption of its information technology equipment. 32
	62	+	(b) Not later than July 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, any owner or 33
	63	+	operator of an artificial intelligence data center shall submit a report to 34
	64	+	the commissioner that contains at a minimum the following information 35
	65	+	for each such data center: 36
	66	+	(1) Basic information relating to such data center, including: (A) The 37
	67	+	name of such data center; (B) the owner or operator of such data center; 38
	68	+	(C) the address of such data center; (D) the nature or purpose of such 39
	69	+	data center; and (E) the month and year such data center commenced 40
	70	+	operation; 41
	71	+	(2) Information related to energy and water usage of such data center, 42
	72	+	Raised Bill No. 1292
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	78	+	including: (A) The total energy consumption in kilowatt-hours, 43
	79	+	including the use of electricity, fuels and other energy sources used for 44
	80	+	cooling; (B) the name of the electric distribution company serving such 45
	81	+	data center and any electric service agreements between such utility and 46
	82	+	such data center; (C) any on-site power supply, including (i) any 47
	83	+	primary power on site and emergency backup power supply, and (ii) 48
	84	+	any permit information such as permit numbers, capacity, tier level, fuel 49
	85	+	type, total permitted emissions for such data center and any other 50
	86	+	relevant information; (D) the total energy consumption of information 51
	87	+	technology equipment in kilowatt-hours measured as the value of the 52
	88	+	combined annual energy consumption at every uninterruptible power 53
	89	+	system connected to information technology equipment; (E) the total 54
	90	+	water input in cubic meters that includes all water volumes that enter 55
	91	+	such data center's boundary that are used for the functions of such data 56
	92	+	center, including information technology, security, power and 57
	93	+	environment; and (F) the source of water for such data center, including 58
	94	+	a municipal water supply, groundwater, surface water and whether 59
	95	+	water from such sources is potable or reclaimed. If an artificial 60
	96	+	intelligence data center utilizes more than one water source, the owner 61
	97	+	or operator of such data center shall provide information regarding 62
	98	+	water usage from each source as a percentage of total water usage; 63
	99	+	(3) Performance calculations and indicators for such data center, 64
	100	+	including the energy reuse factor, power usage effectiveness, renewable 65
	101	+	energy factor and water usage effectiveness; 66
	102	+	(4) Sustainability indicators for such data center, including: (A) The 67
	103	+	average set point information technology equipment intake air 68
	104	+	temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, which shall be measured as the 69
	105	+	average set point temperature in all of such data center's computer 70
	106	+	rooms over a twelve-month period; (B) the average waste heat 71
	107	+	temperature in degrees Fahrenheit, which shall be measured as the 72
	108	+	temperature of the fluid used to cool any information and 73
	109	+	communication technology equipment, averaged over a twelve-month 74
	110	+	period across every measurement point which shall be measured at the 75
	111	+	Raised Bill No. 1292
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	117	+	point where heated fluid enters a heat exchanger in such data center's 76
	118	+	computer rooms; (C) the amount of total renewable energy in kilowatt-77
	119	+	hours; and (D) the amount of waste heat reused in kilowatt-hours; and 78
	120	+	(5) Any other information as required by the commissioner. 79
	121	+	(c) Any information reported to the commissioner pursuant to 80
	122	+	subsection (b) of this section shall be expressly excluded from any 81
	123	+	exemption provided in section 1-210 of the general statutes. 82
	124	+	(d) Not later than January 1, 2027, the commissioner shall, with the 83
	125	+	assistance of any state agency as determined by the commissioner, 84
	126	+	design, implement and maintain a publicly accessible Internet web site 85
	127	+	to serve as a state-wide clearinghouse for information relating to water 86
	128	+	and energy usage of all artificial intelligence data centers operating in 87
	129	+	the state. 88
	130	+	(e) Any owner or operator of an artificial intelligence data center shall 89
	131	+	notify the commissioner of any substantial change in operations or 90
	132	+	technologies that would require an update to the information required 91
	133	+	in subsection (b) of this section not less than sixty days prior to making 92
	134	+	such change. 93
	135	+	(f) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the 94
	136	+	provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to establish energy and 95
	137	+	water efficiency performance standards for artificial intelligence data 96
	138	+	centers. Such regulations shall: (1) Prioritize cost-effectiveness, 97
	139	+	technological feasibility and alignment with the state's greenhouse gas 98
	140	+	emission reduction targets adopted pursuant to section 22a-200a of the 99
	141	+	general statutes and the state water plan adopted pursuant to section 100
	142	+	22a-352 of the general statutes, (2) consider best practices for energy and 101
	143	+	water usage effectiveness, energy and water management systems and 102
	144	+	the use of renewable energy resources, and (3) require new artificial 103
	145	+	intelligence data centers and substantial alterations to existing data 104
	146	+	centers to incorporate load-management and load-shifting capabilities, 105
	147	+	including the ability to participate in demand response programs. 106
	148	+	Raised Bill No. 1292
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33	154		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
34	155		sections:
35		-	Substitute Bill No. 1292
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	157	+	Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
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38		-	LCO 2 of 2
	159	+	Statement of Purpose:
	160	+	To require (1) an owner or operator of an artificial intelligence data
	161	+	center to submit quarterly reports to the Commissioner of Energy and
	162	+	Environmental Protection, and (2) the commissioner to adopt
	163	+	regulations concerning water and energy efficiency standards for such
	164	+	data centers.
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40		-	~~Section 1 from passage New section~~
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42		-	~~ET Joint Favorable Subst.~~
	166	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	167	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	168	+	underlined.]
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