Scope
CSSB 250(CRA), 34th Alaska Legislature, would amend AS 42.05.381 so that costs an electric or gas utility would not have incurred but for furnishing service to a data center may not be included in rates or charges unless designed to recover those costs solely from the data center, and would add AS 42.05.435 requiring a utility that serves a data center to enter into a Regulatory Commission-approved contract that directly assigns data-center infrastructure and variable costs to the data center customer, includes a backup power and reliability plan, requires financial security above $1,000,000 of capital investment, and requires a municipal community benefit agreement before contract approval and construction. It passed the Senate on 16 May 2026 and was referred to the House Community and Regional Affairs Committee; it has not become law.
- Geographic scope
- Alaska
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Alaska State Legislature
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Not enacted
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 2 October 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
Alaska Senate Bill 250, in its committee substitute CSSB 250(CRA), would require utilities to assign the costs of serving a data center to that data center, to serve data centers only under Regulatory Commission of Alaska-approved contracts with cost-assignment, backup-power and financial-security terms, and to have a municipal community benefit agreement in place before approval and construction. The Senate passed it on 16 May 2026. The Legislature's bill page shows it was referred to the House Community and Regional Affairs Committee (last heard and held on 18 May 2026) with no later action. It is a proposal and has not become law.
What this does not establish
- The Legislature's schedule lists the 2nd Regular Session as 20 January to 20 May 2026 and three special sessions from 21 May to 25 August 2026; the bill history records no action after 18 May 2026. No official page records a failure day, so the record keeps the proposed status and stores no end date.
- The 34th Legislature's term runs through the 2025-2026 biennium; this record does not claim the bill can or cannot be taken up again before the term ends.
- Only the CSSB 250(CRA) text as passed by the Senate was opened; fiscal notes, amendments and committee documents were not reviewed.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the Legislature records any further action on SB 250 before the 34th Legislature ends.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/34?Hsid=SB0250B
- Current official status current official status reviewed 2 October 2026