Data Center Consumer Protection Bill Advances in Oklahoma House Legislation designed to protect Oklahoma electricity consumers and ratepayers from the growing energy demands of large data centers and artificial intelligence facilities is moving forward in the state Legislature. A measure titled the “Data Center Customer Protection Act of 2026” recently cleared two House committees and …
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Trump data center power plan echoes Oklahoma’s “behind the meter” law
Trump pushes ‘ratepayer protection’ plan tied to data centers–just like Oklahoma’s ‘behind the meter’ law A year after Oklahoma adopted the “behind the meter” law aimed at large load users of electrical power, President Trump in Tuesday night’s State of the Union address unveiled a similar plan targeting data centers. In one of his few …
Regulators went behind closed doors to talk about CWIP law
Corporation Commissioners Revisit CWIP Law in Closed-Door Meeting More than a year after Oklahoma lawmakers approved a controversial utility financing measure, members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission appear to be reassessing the impact of the law they once strongly opposed. According to a filing for a meeting exempt from the state’s Open Meeting Act, Commissioners …
Boles Files Bill Protects Ratepayers From Data Center Costs
Marlow State Rep. Brad Boles says he is moving to protect Oklahoma utility customers from paying higher power bills tied to the explosive growth of data centers across the state. Boles, a Republican who is also running for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, announced he has filed legislation designed to stop utilities from passing the electricity …