The Seattle City Council is scheduled to consider legislation on July 21, 2026, that would establish a new electricity customer class and rate schedule specifically for data centers, according to the published Legistar agenda.
The agenda item, filed under City Light Department business, describes measures to create new retail rate schedules and establish “a new customer class and conditions of service for data centers whose electricity demand constitutes a new large load,” according to the official agenda text.
The matter is relevant to residents because it addresses how the city’s public utility, Seattle City Light, would structure billing and service conditions for a category of customer distinct from residential and standard commercial rate classes. The agenda also references modifications to customer charges for service connections and an augmentation of the rate stabilization account, according to the published record.
- Meeting date: July 21, 2026 — Seattle City Council
- Agenda includes: establishment of new retail rate schedules
- Agenda includes: creation of a new customer class and conditions of service for data centers with large electricity demand
- Agenda includes: modifications to customer charges for service connections
- Agenda includes: augmentation of the rate stabilization account
- Source: Seattle Legistar meeting agenda, City Council, July 21, 2026
According to the published agenda, the council is scheduled to consider the item as part of its July 21 meeting. The agenda does not indicate a final outcome, and the item remains subject to council deliberation and vote as scheduled.
Residents seeking to engage with this matter can attend the July 21, 2026 City Council meeting or review the full agenda and related documents through the Seattle Legistar system at the link provided in the official meeting posting. Public comment procedures, if applicable, are outlined in the meeting agenda itself.
Official source: the published record