Commission considers elevating building codes and benchmarking among top legislative priorities

Jul 24, 2026

Commissioners discussed which three legislative priorities to submit by August 1, including commercial benchmarking, virtual power plant measures and corporate climate disclosures; several members urged elevating building codes and building-performance standards given recent state activity.

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The commission began narrowing its top three legislative priorities for the coming session. Chair Cindy Lewin reminded members the commission previously submitted three priorities and must refine them by August 1. The items under discussion included commercial benchmarking, policies to enable virtual power plant (VPP) activity and voluntary corporate climate disclosures.

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