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Board advances building-electrification steps; supervisors propose broader natural gas limits
Summary
Supervisors approved an ordinance requiring large nonresidential buildings to use 100% greenhouse-gas-free electricity and several supervisors introduced follow-up legislation to accelerate a shift away from natural gas in new municipal and private construction.
On Sept. 24, 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance (Item 3) amending the Environment Code to require nonresidential buildings of 50,000 square feet or more to provide their on-site electricity demand from 100% greenhouse-gas-free or renewable sources and to authorize the Department of the Environment director to adopt implementing regulations.
In the same meeting several supervisors introduced and discussed additional measures aimed at reducing building-sector emissions. Supervisor Shamann Walton and Supervisor…
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