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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 1064
Introduced by Bostar, 29.
Read first time January 14, 2026
Committee: Natural Resources
A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to electricity; to adopt the Large Load1
Customer Regulation Act. 2
Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,3
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Section 1. Sections 1 to 4 of this act shall be known and may be1
cited as the Large Load Customer Regulation Act. 2
Sec. 2. For purposes of the Large Load Customer Regulation Act:3
(1) Large load customer means an entity requesting a new or expanded4
interconnection where the total load at a single site would exceed twenty5
megawatts; 6
(2) Onsite backup generating facilities means generation that is not7
capable of exporting energy to the transmission grid and that, in the8
aggregate, can serve at least fifty percent of onsite demand; and9
(3) Public power supplier means a public power district organized10
under Chapter 70, article 6, a public power and irrigation district, a11
municipality, a registered group of municipalities, an electric12
cooperative, an electric membership association, a joint entity formed13
under the Interlocal Cooperation Act, a joint public agency formed under14
the Joint Public Agency Act, an agency formed under the Municipal15
Cooperative Financing Act, or any other governmental entity providing16
electric service. 17
Sec. 3. (1) Public power suppliers shall establish standards for18
interconnecting large load customers in a manner designed to support19
business development in this state while mitigating the potential for20
stranded infrastructure costs and maintaining system reliability. The21
standards shall include, but are not limited to: 22
(a) A requirement for each large load customer to disclose to the23
interconnecting public power supplier whether the customer is pursuing a24
substantially similar request for electric service the approval of which25
would result in the customer materially changing, delaying, or26
withdrawing the interconnection request. The disclosure may redact27
competitively sensitive details. The public power supplier shall not28
sell, share, or disclose the information submitted to it under this29
subdivision; 30
(b) A requirement for each interconnected large load customer to31
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disclose to the interconnecting public power supplier information about1
the customer's onsite backup generating facilities. The public power2
supplier shall use such information for purposes of the procedure3
described in section 4 of this act; 4
(c) A flat study fee of at least one hundred thousand dollars to be5
paid to the interconnecting public power supplier for initial6
transmission screening studies for large loads that exceed the load7
threshold described in subdivision (1) of section 2 of this act. A large8
load customer that requests additional capacity following the screening9
study shall pay an additional study fee based on the new request. The10
public power supplier shall complete the screening study within one11
hundred eighty days after receiving the study fee;12
(d) A method for a large load customer to demonstrate site control13
for the proposed load location; and 14
(e) Financial commitment requirements for the development of15
transmission and generation infrastructure needed to serve a large load16
customer. 17
(2) A public power supplier is not required to establish a general18
rate tariff for large load customers. A public power supplier is19
authorized to establish or negotiate rates, charges, and operating20
standards for each large load customer that fairly allocate electricity21
system costs to the large load customer and also mitigate (a) operational22
and resource adequacy risks and (b) financial risks to other customers,23
without regard to the requirements of section 70-655.24
(3) A public power supplier may impose electric service requirements25
for large load customers on its system in addition to the standards26
established under this section. 27
Sec. 4. Public power suppliers shall develop a procedure to:28
(1) Procure demand response, reductions, and load flexibility from29
large load customers; and 30
(2) In the event of an emergency condition, require the affected31
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large load customers to curtail load or, for those customers with onsite1
backup generating facilities, to deploy such facilities for the duration2
of the emergency condition or until the load can be recalled safely.3
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