A bill passed by the House Business Committee Monday is the latest effort to limit cities’ abilities to enforce their own energy codes that regulate heating and cooling equipment, lighting and how air-tight a building is.
The Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses, or DOPL, is proposing getting rid of some minimum efficiency standards in residential and commercial buildings as they relate to insulation, heating and cooling, and lighting, among other provisions.
A bill that passed the House this week would give the legislature more control over the energy codes and would prohibit local jurisdictions from enacting their own unless they’ve already been in place before 2018.