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Public Service Department opposes naming Division of Fire Safety as energy-code authority, warns of housing-cost impacts
Summary
Kelly Lager of the Public Service Department testified that PSD does not support the working group's recommendation to make the Division of Fire Safety the authority over energy codes, citing resource constraints and potential adverse impacts on housing affordability; PSD also said it would not back continuation of the working group or the majority of recommendations in its dissenting comments.
Kelly Lager, assistant director of the Efficiency and Energy Resources Division at the Public Service Department (PSD), told the working group the department generally supports recommendations that "encourage code compliance without significant additional costs," including a task force to assist OPR, contractor registry updates and targeted training. Lager said PSD staffed this year's effort internally after federal funds used previously were no longer available.
However, Lager explicitly…
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