Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB0094 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0094 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Data Center Construction by Foreign Adversaries Act. Provides that no foreign company may construct or cause to be constructed a data center in the State unless the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois Power Agency, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity conduct a joint study of the energy consumption of the prospective data center and certify to the Governor and the General Assembly that the energy used by the new data center is a new self-generated load and does not affect the load supply of PJM or MISO. Provides that the term "foreign company" means an entity that (i) is at least 51% owned by a foreign adversary or (ii) is headquartered in a country with a government that is a foreign adversary. LRB104 03347 HLH 13369 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0094 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Data Center Construction by Foreign Adversaries Act. Provides that no foreign company may construct or cause to be constructed a data center in the State unless the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois Power Agency, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity conduct a joint study of the energy consumption of the prospective data center and certify to the Governor and the General Assembly that the energy used by the new data center is a new self-generated load and does not affect the load supply of PJM or MISO. Provides that the term "foreign company" means an entity that (i) is at least 51% owned by a foreign adversary or (ii) is headquartered in a country with a government that is a foreign adversary. LRB104 03347 HLH 13369 b LRB104 03347 HLH 13369 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0094 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Creates the Data Center Construction by Foreign Adversaries Act. Provides that no foreign company may construct or cause to be constructed a data center in the State unless the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois Power Agency, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity conduct a joint study of the energy consumption of the prospective data center and certify to the Governor and the General Assembly that the energy used by the new data center is a new self-generated load and does not affect the load supply of PJM or MISO. Provides that the term "foreign company" means an entity that (i) is at least 51% owned by a foreign adversary or (ii) is headquartered in a country with a government that is a foreign adversary.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning data centers.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Data
15	15	5 Center Construction by Foreign Adversaries Act.
16	16	6 Section 5. Data center construction by foreign adversaries
17	17	7 prohibited.
18	18	8 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and
19	19	9 after the effective date of this Act, no foreign company may
20	20	10 construct or cause to be constructed a data center in the State
21	21	11 unless the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois Power
22	22	12 Agency, and the Department of Commerce and Economic
23	23	13 Opportunity conduct a joint study of the energy consumption of
24	24	14 the prospective data center and certify to the Governor and
25	25	15 the General Assembly that the energy estimated to be used by
26	26	16 the data center is a self-generated load and does not affect
27	27	17 the load supply of PJM or MISO.
28	28	18 (b) As used in this Section:
29	29	19 "Company" means a sole proprietorship, organization,
30	30	20 association, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
31	31	21 partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability
32	32	22 company, or other entity or business association, including
33	33	23 all wholly owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries,
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB0094 Introduced 1/17/2025, by Sen. Sue Rezin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Creates the Data Center Construction by Foreign Adversaries Act. Provides that no foreign company may construct or cause to be constructed a data center in the State unless the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Illinois Power Agency, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity conduct a joint study of the energy consumption of the prospective data center and certify to the Governor and the General Assembly that the energy used by the new data center is a new self-generated load and does not affect the load supply of PJM or MISO. Provides that the term "foreign company" means an entity that (i) is at least 51% owned by a foreign adversary or (ii) is headquartered in a country with a government that is a foreign adversary.
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