Scope
Pennsylvania House Bill 1834 (2025-2026 session), per its official short title, would provide for the regulation of commercial data centers, impose duties on the Public Utility Commission, the Department of Human Services and the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority, and provide for clean firm energy requirements, contract filing, commission review, disclosure requirements, backup generation and curtailment standards for commercial data centers. It passed the House on 24 March 2026 (104-95) and was referred to the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee on 31 March 2026.
- Geographic scope
- Pennsylvania
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Pennsylvania General Assembly
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
- 5 October 2026
Summary
Pennsylvania HB 1834 would regulate commercial data centers, including clean firm energy requirements, Public Utility Commission review of contracts, disclosure, backup generation and curtailment standards. It passed the House 104-95 on 24 March 2026 and has been in a Senate committee since 31 March 2026. It is not law.
What this does not establish
- The bill status page (read 1 October 2026) is the status source; the full bill text was not opened unless stated.
- The Pennsylvania 2025-2026 session continues until 30 November 2026, so a bill without further action is pending, not failed, on 1 October 2026.
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://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb1834