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Supervisor committee advances ordinance requiring large nonresidential buildings to source 100% renewable electricity
Summary
The Land Use and Transportation Committee forwarded an ordinance that would require nonresidential buildings of 50,000 sq ft and larger to meet on-site electricity demand with 100% greenhouse-gas-free or renewable sources, phased in by size through 2030; the item moves to the full Board with recommended amendments.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on Thursday advanced an ordinance that would require large nonresidential buildings in San Francisco to meet on-site electricity demand with 100% greenhouse-gas-free or renewable resources. Committee members adopted clerks' clarifying amendments without objection and forwarded the measure to the full Board of Supervisors with a positive recommendation.
Department of the Environment staff described the ordinance as a targeted, phased approach aimed at large commercial buildings that, while a small share of the building stock, account for a disproportionate share of commercial-sector electricity use. "The proposal is very simple. It's to require that they purchase a 100% renewable electricity," said…
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