House Bill No. [insert bill number] aims to regulate utility rates concerning new electric demand from data centers in Louisiana. The bill introduces a new section, Part IX of Chapter 9 of Title 45 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, which includes definitions for key terms such as "commission," "data center," "household customer," and "new electric demand for data centers." It explicitly prohibits electric public utilities from increasing rates or charges for household customers as a direct or indirect result of new electric demand for data centers. Additionally, it ensures that costs associated with this new demand are allocated solely to the data center customers, preventing any recovery of these costs from household customers.

The bill mandates the Public Service Commission to establish rules and regulations that enforce cost-causation principles for data centers. This includes creating separate rate classes or special contracts for data centers to ensure full cost recovery without cross-subsidization from household customers. The commission is also tasked with denying any rate adjustments or changes that would result in household customers bearing any costs related to new electric demand for data centers. The provisions of this bill will take effect upon the governor's signature or after the designated time for gubernatorial action.