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CT SB1292: An Act Requiring A Study Concerning Energy Efficiency Requirements For Artificial Intelligence Data Centers.

Dead/Failed Connecticut · 2025 session

Last verified Oct 12, 2026 · official bill text

SB1292 · where it stands

This bill did not become law (dead/failed) · last action Apr 7, 2025.

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In one paragraph

Connecticut's SB 1292 (2025) would have required the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, to study energy efficiency performance standards for artificial intelligence data centers and report to the Energy and Technology Committee by February 1, 2026. The Energy and Technology Committee reported the substitute favorably (File No. 538) and it was tabled for the Senate calendar on April 7, 2025; it did not pass before the session ended.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

None: the bill did not pass. It would have imposed no duties on data center operators, only a state study.

Key provisions

  1. Would have required a study of energy efficiency performance standards for AI data centers
  2. Study to consider best practices, energy management systems, renewable energy offsets, demand response participation and limitations on the use of diesel backup generators to prohibit peak shaving or load shedding
  3. Report due to the energy and technology committee by February 1, 2026
  4. Would have taken effect from passage; tabled for the Senate calendar April 7, 2025 and not passed

Latest legislative action

Apr 7, 2025. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate

Sponsors

NameRoleDistrict
Sponsor
D Sponsor HD-085

Roll call votes

J ET Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) Mar 18, 2025

24 yea0 nay1 otherPassed

Topics and industries

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Affected industries

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