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Small rural districts press for exemptions from on‑site renewable energy requirement
Summary
Senate Bill 59‑41 would direct the State Building Code Council to exempt eligible small school districts from on‑site renewable energy requirements; small districts and one superintendent described added project costs and local infrastructure constraints and asked for flexibility tied to snow loads and distance from service providers.
The committee heard a short staff briefing and initial testimony on Senate Bill 59‑41, which would direct the State Building Code Council to amend the energy code by Jan. 1, 2027, to exempt eligible school districts (those with 1,000 or fewer students located in the central/eastern climate zone) from an on‑site renewable energy‑generation requirement for…
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