Stakeholder feedback found mixed on exemptions as council readies April 22 work session on electrification fee
Committee reported stakeholder roundtable takeaways: broad support for an affordable‑housing exemption, mixed views on dual‑fuel and RNG exemptions, and discussion of a possible discount for homes with solar; staff will present options to council on April 22 and expects to return with code language and an adoption process with a public hearing in June.
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Staff summarized feedback from a stakeholder roundtable on the proposed electrification (climate pollution) fee and the exemptions committee members had discussed previously. She said stakeholders generally supported carving out an exemption for affordable housing and suggested mechanisms to expand eligibility beyond standard deed‑restricted 80% AMI definitions, such as higher AMI thresholds; staff said additional work is needed to define administrative mechanisms.
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