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San Mateo introduces reach‑code ordinance to accelerate electrification; council votes to proceed
Summary
The City Council voted 5–0 to introduce an ordinance package of four reach‑code options—cooling upgrades, nonresidential AC standards, a FlexPath scoring requirement, and electric‑readiness rules—and directed staff to file the ordinance with state agencies and provide public guidance and a one‑year check‑in.
The San Mateo City Council on March 2 introduced an ordinance package of reach codes intended to accelerate building electrification and energy efficiency as part of the 2025 building‑code cycle. The staff recommendation, led by sustainability analyst Andrea Chow with technical support from TRC and Peninsula Clean Energy, bundles four options: more stringent cooling‑upgrade requirements (encouraging heat‑pump replacements), nonresidential system efficiency upgrades for larger AC systems, a FlexPath menu that requires 12 points for certain residential additions/alterations of 1,000 square feet or more, and…
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