Senate Bill 1470 Printer's Number 1943

PENNSYLVANIA, September 24 - (1) The owner of a data center shall submit to the

department a plan that establishes compliance with subsection

(a). The department shall determine whether a plan satisfies

the requirement under subsection (a).

(2) The department shall have 30 days from the day of

receipt of the plan to provide a determination. The

department may extend the 30-day period once by 15 days.

that the use of a water conservation method under subsection (a)

(1), (2) or (3) is not feasible, the data center shall submit an

alternative compliance plan to the department and shall pay a

large water user mitigation charge to the applicable water

service provider. The alternative compliance plan shall include:

(1) an explanation of why compliance with subsection (a)

(1), (2) or (3) is not feasible;

(2) projected daily, monthly and annual water

withdrawals, purchases, discharges and consumptive use;

(3) proposed water conservation measures;

(4) proposed mitigation measures;

(5) an analysis of impacts on the applicable water

service provider and existing ratepayers or residential well

systems; and

(6) the proposed payment of a large water user

mitigation charge under subsection (d).

(d) Large water user mitigation charge.--The charge under

subsection (c) shall be sufficient to recover all costs

attributable to serving the data center, including water supply,

treatment, distribution, wastewater, infrastructure construction

and maintenance costs. The charge shall ensure that costs

attributable to the data center are not shifted to existing

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