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Rep. Kennedy proposes to extend energy-code working group and lower builder-registration threshold to $2,000
Summary
Representative Kennedy presented a bill to extend a working group on energy-code compliance, designate an authority having jurisdiction (recommended: Division of Fire Safety), and lower the builder-registration contract threshold from $10,000 to $2,000 while promoting voluntary certifications and greenhouse-gas accounting for efficiency programs.
Representative [first name not stated] Kennedy presented legislation to extend a state working group on residential and commercial energy-code administration and to create a clear authority having jurisdiction for energy-code enforcement.
Kennedy said the bill would "extend the life of this working group until we finally name what's called an authority having jurisdiction," and described persistent gaps in enforcement: "we have no offices in charge of administering energy codes." She told the committee that energy codes have long been published by the Department of Public Service but that no state office currently has capacity and authority to inspect or enforce them at the residential scale.
The bill links several near-term changes: it would lower the contract…
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