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Denton council weighs EV and solar requirements for new homes; staff and advisory board favor incentives over mandates
Summary
Assistant building official and the health and building standards committee recommended against mandating EV type‑2 or solar‑ready requirements for all new construction and urged incentives; council gave mixed direction and asked the advisory board to revisit incentive options.
The Denton City Council discussed possible updates to the International Energy Conservation Code to add EV‑ready and solar‑ready provisions for new residential construction, and several council members said they preferred incentives rather than a citywide mandate.
Amber Rogers, assistant building official, told council the current adopted code requires receptacles in vehicle bays that accommodate level‑1 (Type 1) chargers — the corded chargers that generally come with electric vehicles — and that local permitting data show only 58 residential Type‑2 charger permits in the past six years. Rogers summarized HABSCO (the Health and Building Standards Commission) feedback: the commission did not support…
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