Proposed S.B. No. 544
Session Year 2025

AN ACT REPEALING CERTAIN ELECTRIC SUBSIDIES, PROGRAMS AND TAX EXEMPTIONS.

To (1) repeal any subsidy program that has the effect of increasing electric demand, (2) prohibit the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority from creating any new program, (3) repeal any authority granted to the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to regulate the installation of electric vehicle chargers, (4) repeal any authority for any political subdivision of the state to establish any program providing zero-interest loans for the installation of heat pumps, and (5) repeal any tax exemption provided to data centers enacted in public act 21-1.

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