Scope
Neb. Rev. Stat. 70-1506, as amended by Laws 2025, LB 526, and Laws 2026, LB 1010, lets a public power supplier require a data center with a peak load of 10 megawatts or more to pay infrastructure and full service costs after a load study, and requires the owner or operator of a data center to file an annual report on or before 30 September with the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment and the Legislature's Natural Resources Committee covering electricity, water, tax exemptions and incentives. It also places decommissioning costs on the operator and requires community benefit agreements.
- Geographic scope
- Nebraska
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Nebraska Legislature
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- 18 July 2026
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- The section states no expiration. 30 September is an annual reporting deadline, not an end date.
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
Nebraska's statute 70-1506 sets duties for data centers with a peak load of 10 megawatts or more. Public power suppliers may require such a data center to pay infrastructure and full service costs after a load study, and the owner or operator must file an annual report by 30 September on electricity and water use, tax exemptions and incentives, bear decommissioning costs, and enter a community benefit agreement. The current version of the section took effect on 18 July 2026 after LB 1010.
What this does not establish
- Which duties date from the 2025 LB 526 version and which from the 2026 LB 1010 amendment was not determined.
- The section also addresses cryptocurrency mining operations; this record describes only its data center provisions.
- Whether annual reports have been filed was not checked.
Unresolved questions
None recorded.
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://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=70-1506