Pending-item resolution for May 11. Colorado SB 102 (Sen. Cathy Kipp, March 18 introduction): the bill would have banned utility economic agreements incentivizing data centers and required 100% new-renewable sourcing by 2031. Per Colorado Politics ('Despite bill death, negotiations on potential data-center incentives continue,' May 7) and CPR ('Effort to attract data centers to Colorado with tax incentives fails,' May 7), the bill has been stalled in the Senate Transportation & Energy Committee without a vote since its March 18 first hearing, and Colorado's General Assembly adjourns sine die on Wednesday May 13. The companion bill HB 1030 (data center development incentives) was killed in late April. Colorado will end the 2026 legislative session with no statutory data-center protection AND no statutory data-center incentive — a status-quo posture relative to the four-state ratepayer-protection cluster (PA, OR, WI, FL). Sheboygan WI Plan Commission meets May 12 at 5:30 PM Central to review the 1-year moratorium framework on data centers >10,000 sq ft. The Common Council voted 7-3 on May 4 to refer the framework to the Plan Commission for review; the Plan Commission's recommendation then returns to the Common Council for final action. There is no specific data-center proposal in Sheboygan; the moratorium is preemptive (similar to Oneida County WI's framework covered Saturday). Denver City Council 1-year moratorium second reading is on the May 18 agenda (effective May 21 if approved) — the moratorium would block acceptance, processing, or approval of any new zoning permits or site development plans for data centers, lasting up to 1 year or until the city adopts new regulations. Charlotte NC May 11 discussion item confirmed (no vote tonight; May 18 American Tower rezoning vote). ERCOT TAC vote on NPRR1325 + PGRR145 still May 19-20 (PRS approved Urgent status as amended May 6; ROS approved May 7). PJM EIT FERC decision still May 28. Sources: Colorado Politics; CPR (May 7); leg.colorado.gov SB 102 docket; Seehafer News / 1330 WHBL Sheboygan; 9News Denver; WBTV Charlotte; ERCOT issue-page tracking.
Primary source · Colorado Politics / CPR / Seehafer News / 9News Denver / WBTV / ERCOT ↗
Why it matters
Three updates. (1) Colorado ending the 2026 session as a 'no statutory data-center protection AND no statutory data-center incentive' state is itself a planning signal: Colorado is now structurally a low-information jurisdiction for data-center underwriting (no state-level ratepayer-protection-tariff to anchor the math, no state-level incentive structure to anchor the GTM, and a Denver-only local moratorium that would close the largest metro but leaves the rural Front Range and Western Slope open). For Cliff's regulatory-knowledge graph, Colorado should be tagged 'unsettled — local-only enforcement' through at least the 2027 legislative session opening (January 2027). (2) Sheboygan's preemptive-moratorium framework (no specific proposal) confirms the Wisconsin pattern is 'preemptive default' rather than 'reactive defense' — Madison's February moratorium, Oneida County's May 8 framework, and now Sheboygan's May 12 plan commission review all share the structure of jurisdictions adopting moratoria without a specific developer in play. The implication for Cliff's WI underwriting: every Wisconsin municipality should be treated as 'preemptive-moratorium-eligible' by default until each one specifically rejects a framework. (3) The Charlotte / Sheboygan / Denver Monday-week sequence (May 11 / May 12 / May 18) is the cleanest three-meeting test of the local-moratorium tape on a single week. If all three jurisdictions approve their respective measures, the May 4-18 window will be the highest-density two-week period of formal moratorium adoption in the country since the Maine LD 307 cycle of summer 2025. Track May 11 Charlotte discussion outcome, May 12 Sheboygan Plan Commission recommendation, and May 18 Denver second reading + Charlotte American Tower vote as a connected sequence.
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CO HB 1030 / killed 11-2
HB 1030 was Colorado's primary 2026 attempt to attract data-center investment via tax incentives — the bill was first introduced in January and modeled loosely on the sales-and-use exemption regimes that Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, and...
KUNC / CPR News / The Colorado Sun / The Durango Herald ↗
PA + OR + WI + FL / 14-day cluster
Three regulatory events in the same 24-hour window on May 8 — Pennsylvania PUC's model-tariff vote, PPL Electric's pending rate-case settlement (filed March 13, ALJ recommendation April 17, effective July 1), and Oregon PUC's PGE Schedule 96 directive —...
WHYY / WESA / Utility Dive / KGW / KOIN / Beaver County Radio / RTO Insider ↗
NC / HB 1004
WRAL and Data Center Knowledge confirm North Carolina lawmakers have moved HB 1004, the Ratepayer and Resource Protection Act, into the 2025-2026 General Assembly. Filed April 27, 2026. Threshold: facilities with peak electricity demand of ≥40 MW...
Denver / Cheyenne / Charlotte / Cave City / PJM compliance
Today is the single highest-density 'moratorium decision day' of 2026 so far. Four municipal-level decisions in geographically distinct markets (Mountain West urban, Sun Belt urban, central Kentucky rural, Mountain West regional capital) plus a structurally...