SUMMARY

This bill, which is reported by a majority of the Joint Standing Committee on Utilities and Energy pursuant to its authority under Public Law 2003, chapter 497, does the following:

1. It repeals the current single-family residential building insulation standards effective 90 days after the adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature;

2. It amends the commercial, institutional and multifamily building energy standards to provide that compliance with the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code satisfies those energy standards;

3. It directs the Public Utilities Commission to adopt through major substantive rules a model building energy code that is consistent with other state codes, including the commercial, institutional and multifamily state building standards, and any model building codes adopted by the State;

4. It provides that after the model building energy code takes effect, municipalities would be required on a going-forward basis to choose the model code if they choose to adopt an energy code; municipalities would not be required to adopt an energy code or to replace any existing code;

5. It directs the Public Utilities Commission to examine enforcement issues related to building energy codes; and

6. It authorizes the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over utilities and energy matters to report out legislation to the First Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature concerning building energy codes, including but not limited to legislation concerning the application of the model building energy code and the enforcement of state building energy standards.