HB 259, state utility standards for large data centers
HB 259, introduced by Rep. Donna Mears in January 2026, would set utility rate-setting guidelines and community benefit standards for large energy use facilities such as data centers. It was referred to the House Energy Committee and has not advanced, so Alaska has no statewide cost-allocation rule governing how a large data-center load is billed against other ratepayers.
How the public reaches this
Legislators decide. Constituents reach the bill through their representatives and committee testimony. It has not moved out of the House Energy Committee.
Timeline
Sources
Every document a fact on this page was checked against.
How this decision moved
One dated line per material change, oldest first.
2026-07-18 Tracked from this run. The state level counterpart to the Anchorage ordinance, HB 259 would set rate-setting and community benefit standards for big loads but sits in the House Energy Committee. Its stall is the policy gap at the center of Carousel No. 10, no statewide rule decides whether a data center spreads or shifts costs onto households.
Articles on this decision
Each of these verified a claim against a document this decision also rests on.
Cite this
Alaska AI Docket, HB 259, state utility standards for large data centers.
Tracked since July 18, 2026, last verified
July 18, 2026. https://alaskaaihq.com/docket/hb-259-data-center-utility-standards/ · Reuse permitted under
CC BY 4.0 with attribution. This decision is also available as
structured data in the docket
JSON, item id hb-259-data-center-utility-standards.