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2 | State | Type | Name / Amount | Description | Status | Primary Category | Secondary Category | Source | Notes | Session and dates | ||
3 | AR | Legislation | AR H 1395: Advanced Electricity Jobs Task Force | Creation of the Advanced Electricity Jobs Task Force. | Failed | Workforce | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 2023 Regular Session: 2023-03-07 2023-06-06 | ||||
4 | CA | Budget | Building Decarbonization Budget | Allocates $432m to the CEC’s Equitable Building Decarb program for FY 23/24 and adjusts the allocations for FY 2022/23 to $60m Allocates $95m for the TECH Program for FY 23/24 Allocates $10m to the CEC to for the Building Energy Benchmarking Program for FY 23/24 Allocates $20m to CARB to accelerate the adoption of ultra-low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants for FY 23/24 Allocates $20m to the CEC for Technical Assistance for Federal Tax Credits for FY 23/24 | Passed | Cost & Funding | BDC California Policy Call | 2023-2024 Biennium: 2022-12-05 2023-11-30 | ||||
5 | CA | Legislation | SB 48 Building Energy Savings Act | Existing law requires each utility to maintain records of the energy usage data of all buildings to which they provide service for at least the most recent 12 complete calendar months, and to deliver or otherwise provide that aggregated energy usage data for each covered building, as defined, to the owner, as specified. Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) to adopt regulations providing for the delivery to the Energy Commission and public disclosure of benchmarking of energy use for covered buildings, and specifies that this requirement does not require the owner of a building with 16 or fewer residential utility accounts to collect or deliver energy usage information to the Energy Commission. This bill would require the Energy Commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, Public Utilities Commission, and Department of Housing and Community Development, on or before July 1, 2026, to develop a strategy for using the energy usage data described above to track and manage the energy usage and emissions of greenhouse gases of covered buildings in order to achieve the state’s goals, targets, and standards related to energy usage and emissions of greenhouse gases of covered buildings, as specified. The bill would require the Energy Commission to submit the strategy and recommendations for further legislative action that would help achieve certain objectives to the Legislature on or before August 1, 2026. Does *not* give CEC authority to implement standards. | Passed | Energy Efficiency | Goal Setting | BDC California Policy Call | building performance standards; sent to GO | 2023-2024 Biennium: 2022-12-05 2023-11-30 | ||
6 | CA | Legislation | SB 306: Climate change: Equitable Building Decarbonization Program: Extreme Heat Action Plan. | Requires CEC to report out on existing Equitable Building Decarbonization Program (which was allotted $112,000,000 from the General Fund in the 2022 Budget) and codifies an extreme heat action plan. | Passed | Cost & Funding | Electrification | CA Policy Call | Sent to GO | 2023-2024 Biennium: 2022-12-05 2023-11-30 | ||
7 | CA | Legislation | SB 394: Master Plan for Healthy, Sustainable, and Climate-Resilient Schools. | Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to develop contingency plans to deal with possible shortages of electrical energy or fuel supplies to protect public health, safety, and welfare. Existing law establishes the Clean Energy Job Creation Program for purposes of funding projects for energy efficiency retrofits and clean energy installations, along with related improvements and repairs that contribute to reduced operating costs and improved health and safety conditions, in public schools. Existing law requires certain moneys appropriated for purposes of the program to be allocated to local educational agencies, as specified. Existing law authorizes the commission to adjust the funding allocation to local educational agencies and requires the commission, in allocating grants to local educational agencies, to give priority to certain local educational agencies, as provided. This bill would require, if an appropriation is made for this purpose, the commission to develop a Master Plan for Healthy, Sustainable, and Climate-Resilient Schools on or before March 31, 2025, or 15 months after the appropriation is made, whichever is later. The bill would require the commission to consult with specified state agencies and engage with a diverse group of stakeholders and experts regarding the development of the master plan, as provided. The bill would require the master plan to include specified elements, including, but not limited to, assessments of a representative sample of the state’s public elementary and secondary school buildings and grounds, as provided, and a set of priorities, benchmarks, and milestones for health, resilience, and decarbonization of public school campuses and support facilities. | Vetoed | Electrification | Resilience | BDC California Policy Call | Sent to GO and vetoed | 2023-2024 Biennium: 2022-12-05 2023-11-30 | ||
8 | CA | Legislation | SB 410: Powering Up Californians Act. | Existing law vests the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) with regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations. Existing law authorizes the PUC to establish an expedited distribution grid interconnection dispute resolution process with the goal of resolving disputes over interconnection applications within the jurisdiction of the PUC in no more than 60 days from the time the dispute is formally brought to the PUC. Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), in collaboration with the State Air Resources Board, the PUC, and other relevant stakeholders, to annually gather from state agencies, as provided, specified entities’ fleet data for on-road and off-road vehicles in the medium- and heavy-duty sectors and share that data with electrical corporations to help inform electrical grid planning efforts, as specified. Existing law requires electrical corporations, as part of their distribution planning processes, to consider that produced fleet data, and other available data, to facilitate the readiness of their distribution systems to support the state’s anticipated level of electric vehicle charging, as specified. This bill, the Powering Up Californians Act, would require the PUC to establish, on or before September 30, 2024, reasonable average and maximum target energization time periods, as defined, and a procedure for customers to report energization delays to the PUC, as provided. The bill would require the PUC to require the electrical corporation to take remedial actions necessary to achieve the PUC’s targets and would require all reports to be publicly available, among other reporting requirements. | Passed | Regulation | Goal Setting | BDC California Policy Call | Sent to GO | 2023-2024 Biennium: 2022-12-05 2023-11-30 | ||
9 | CA | Legislation | SB 527: Neighborhood Decarbonization Program | Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to establish the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program, which includes establishing the direct install program to fund certain projects and remediation and safety measures to facilitate the installation of new technologies, and a statewide incentive program for low-carbon building technologies, as specified. This bill would, until January 1, 2030, require the Public Utilities Commission, in consultation with gas corporations, to develop and supervise the administration of the Neighborhood Decarbonization Program to facilitate the cost-effective decarbonization of targeted natural gas zones with the intent to provide benefits that include, but are not limited to, reduced emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollution, the maintenance of reliable, safe, and resilient energy service, and the maintenance of rate affordability for California gas customers, and with the intent to decommission gas assets in zones with the highest community burdens and those that would result in the highest projected ratepayer cost savings. The bill would require the commission, in consultation with each gas corporation, to adopt guidelines and regulations for the program, as specified. The bill would require the commission, in a new or existing proceeding, to develop the roles, responsibilities, timelines, and processes for determining whether gas service may be discontinued to one or more gas customers as a part of the program, as specified. The bill would limit the scope of the program to no more than 15 pilot projects across the state that affect no more than 1% of each gas corporation’s customers. The bill would require the commission, beginning March 1, 2025, and by March 1 of each year thereafter, to submit to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature a progress report summarizing the findings of the program. The bill would require the commission, beginning January 1, 2029, to conduct a review of the efficacy of the program in providing benefits to gas customers and in assisting the state in meeting the state’s climate change goals and would require the commission, on or before March 1, 2030, to submit to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature a report on the review. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. | Pending | Electrification | Regulation | BDC internal tracking | Held in Committee | 2023-2024 Biennium: 2022-12-05 2023-11-30 | ||
10 | CA | Legislation | SB 755: Energy Efficiency and Building Decarbonization Programs | This bill, the California’s Layered Energy Applications for Residents (CLEAR) Act of 2023, would require the CEC to develop and make publicly available a website for all energy efficiency and building decarbonization programs available in the state for residential buildings and residential electricity customers. The bill would would have required CEC to develop a website for all CEC energy efficiency and building decarb programs. | Failed | Energy Efficiency | Rebates / Subsidies | BDC internal tracking | Dies in Senate Appropriations | 2023-2024 Biennium: 2022-12-05 2023-11-30 | ||
11 | CA | Legislation | SB 795: Energy: building energy efficiency: heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning equipment sale registry and compliance tracking system: electronic statewide compliance documentation data repository. | Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to prescribe, by regulation, building design and construction standards and energy and water conservation design standards for new residential and nonresidential buildings. Existing law requires the commission to prescribe, by regulation, standards for minimum levels of operating efficiency to promote the use of energy-efficient and water-efficient appliances whose use requires a significant amount of energy or water on a statewide basis. Existing law requires the commission to approve a plan that will promote compliance with specified regulations in the installation of central air-conditioning and heat pumps and authorizes the commission to adopt regulations to increase compliance with permitting and inspection requirements for central air-conditioning and heat pumps, and associated sales and installations, consistent with that plan. This bill would require the commission to develop and implement an electronic statewide heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment sales registry and compliance tracking system to allow the Contractors State License Board and other responsible enforcement agencies to cross-check the purchase of HVAC equipment with the submittal of permit compliance verification documents in order to identify contractors and other installers that fail to comply with the law. The bill would specify that the HVAC equipment sales registry and compliance tracking system is not to be publicly available, that certain information in the system is confidential and not to be disclosed to the public, and that other information that is in the system is a public record and shall be made available to the public in an electronic format upon request. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. | Failed | Workforce | Regulation | BDC internal tracking | Died in Senate Appropriations | 2023-2024 Biennium: 2022-12-05 2023-11-30 | ||
12 | CA | Legislation | AB 384: School facilities: recommended interior temperatures: inventory of heating and cooling systems. | Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976, effectuates the declaration of the Legislature that it is in the interest of the state and its people to reconstruct, remodel, or replace existing school buildings that are educationally inadequate or that do not meet present-day structural safety requirements, and to acquire new schoolsites and buildings for the purpose of making them available to local school districts for the pupils of the public school system. “Good repair” is defined, for purposes of the Leroy F. Greene State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976, to mean, among other things, with respect to mechanical systems, including heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, maintaining interior temperatures within normally acceptable ranges. This bill would require the State Department of Education to conduct a research study on recommended indoor air temperature ranges and temperature control standards for public schools and an inventory of heating and cooling systems, and to submit a report on the findings and recommendations of the study to the Legislature by January 1, 2026, as provided. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws. | Vetoed | Resilience | BDC internal tracking | IAQ; sent to GO | 2023-2024 Biennium: 2022-12-05 2023-11-30 | |||
13 | CA | Legislation | AB 586: Medi-Cal: community supports: climate change or environmental remediation devices. | Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law, subject to implementation of the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) initiative, authorizes a Medi-Cal managed care plan to elect to cover community supports approved by the department as cost effective and medically appropriate in a comprehensive risk contract that are in lieu of applicable Medi-Cal state plan services. Under existing law, community supports that the department is authorized to approve include, among other things, housing deposits, environmental accessibility adaptations or home modifications, and asthma remediation. This bill would add climate change or environmental remediation devices to the above-described list of community supports. For purposes of these provisions, the bill would define “climate change or environmental remediation devices” as coverage of devices and installation of those devices, as necessary, to address health-related complications, barriers, or other factors linked to extreme weather, poor air quality, or climate events, including air conditioners, electric heaters, air filters, or backup power sources, among other specified devices for certain purposes. This bill contains other existing laws. | Pending | Resilience | BDC internal tracking | Held in committee | 2023-2024 Biennium: 2022-12-05 2023-11-30 | |||
14 | CA | Legislation | AB 593: Carbon Emission Reduction Strategy: Building Sector | Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, by January 1, 2021, to assess the potential for the state to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from the state’s residential and commercial building stock by at least 40% below 1990 levels by January 1, 2030. Existing law requires the commission to include in the 2021 edition of the integrated energy policy report and all subsequent integrated energy policy reports a report on the emissions of greenhouse gases associated with the supply of energy to residential and commercial buildings. Existing law requires the commission to establish the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program that includes a direct install program and a statewide incentive program for low-carbon building technologies. This bill would require the commission, on or before June 1, 2024, to adopt a strategy, with milestones, to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases for the building sector, as provided. The bill would require the commission, in developing the strategy, to consult and collaborate with certain entities, to hold at least 2 public workshops, and to convene stakeholder sessions. The bill would require the commission, on or before September 31, 2024, to submit the adopted strategy to the relevant policy committees of the Legislature. This bill contains other existing laws. | Pending | Emissions | Goal Setting | BDC California Policy Call | Held in committee and under submission - tbd 2024 | 2023-2024 Biennium: 2022-12-05 2023-11-30 | ||
15 | CO | Legislation | HB23-1134: Require Electric Options In Home Warranties | "This bill requires a home warranty service contract to allow a homeowner to replace gas-fueled equipment like furnaces with electric alternatives such as heat pumps, synergizing with the tax incentives in HB 1272 and federal incentives." --SWEEP | Passed | Electrification | Rebates / Subsidies | SWEEP | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-09 2023-05-08 | |||
16 | CO | Legislation | HB23-1161: Environmental Standards For Appliances | To reduce smog-forming nitrogen dioxide pollution and help improve outdoor air quality statewide, the bill sets ultra-low NOx emissions standards for gas furnaces and water heaters sold after Jan. 1, 2026. The bill also requires the state to analyze whether greenhouse gas emissions from gas water heaters and furnaces are declining enough by 2030 to meet Colorado’s climate goals. If the targets are not being met, state regulators can propose new standards to bring emissions in line with the reduction goals. From SWEEP: "This bill will cut energy and water waste, reduce toxic mercury pollution, and reduce smog-forming pollution by setting tougher emission standards for new gas furnaces and water heaters sold in Colorado, phasing out the sale of mercury-containing fluorescent light bulbs, and setting new energy- and water-saving standards for common appliances. (More information available here: https://www.swenergy.org/colorado-hb23-1161/ ) | Passed | Emissions | SWEEP | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-09 2023-05-08 | ||||
17 | CO | Legislation | Thermal Energy (HB23-1252) | "expands the definition of a clean heat resource to include thermal energy systems, requires the Public Utilities Commission to create rules around this technology, and encourages developers to propose new thermal energy pilot projects. " (Blue Green Alliance) | Passed | Regulation | Workforce | Blue Green Alliance | thermal energy networks | 2024 Regular Session 2023-01-09 2023-05-08 | ||
18 | CO | Legislation | HB23-1272: Tax Policy that Advances Decarbonization | "Raises and extends state tax credits for installing climate-friendly home heating, cooling, and hot water systems. Starting in 2024, state tax credits will be available for air source heat pumps ($1,500), ground source heat pumps ($3,000), and heat pump water heaters ($500), all of which will phase down over 10 years through 2033. These incentives will stack with federal and utility incentives, lowering the cost burden further for interested residents and businesses. The credits will apply to single family, multifamily, and commercial buildings, as well as for both new construction and retrofit projects" (Atlas Building Hub). | Passed | Rebates / Subsidies | Atlas Building Hub / SWEEP | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-09 2023-05-08 | ||||
19 | CO | Legislation | SB23-198: Clean Energy Plans | "This bill strengthens the requirements on our large power providers to submit detailed Clean Energy Plans that document their roadmap toward the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% of 2005 levels by the year 2030. It closes gaps on which utilities must file Clean Energy Plans and helps account for wholesale power markets that sell electric power in Colorado." (Sierra Club, Colorado) | Passed | Goal Setting | Emissions | Sierra Club Colorado Newsletter; CO Sierra Club legislative priorites | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-09 2023-05-08 | |||
20 | CO | Legislation | SB23-213: Land Use | "This bill would have directed the state to complete a Housing Needs Assessment and local governments to develop Housing Needs Plans to increase housing production near transit and jobs and expand housing opportunities for all income levels. It also would’ve required cities in urban areas to legalize Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and Middle Housing (duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes) in single-family zones, and updated their zoning around rapid transit corridors to encourage more multifamily housing and walkable, mixed-use density. Lastly, state agencies were directed to align their planning and funding decisions with smart growth to support more energy, transportation, and water-efficient land use patterns. Learn more about the bill in SWEEP’s SB23-213 Bill Explainer here." SWEEP | Failed | Energy Efficiency | SWEEP | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-09 2023-05-08 | ||||
21 | CO | Legislation | SB23-291: Utility Regulation Bill (Removing Barriers to Clean Heat) | Will end line extension allowances (LEA), or the practice of ratepayers subsidizing new gas hook-ups, by the end of 2023. In addition, the law “requires the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to identify and remove barriers to building electrification in electric rates and remove charges for customers who choose to exit the natural gas system." (Southwest Energy Efficiency Project). In addition, it "directs the Colorado Energy Office to study gas utility depreciation schedules and potential for stranded assets and directs the PUC to study how development in certain fast-growing areas drives gas infrastructure costs, and whether alternatives can be geotargeted to these areas to mitigate impacts" (Western Resource Advocates). | Passed | Regulation | Cost & Funding | SWEEP Newsletter and BDC National Policy Call: Colorado | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-09 2023-05-08 | |||
22 | CT | Legislation | S 792: Renewable Energy | 1) Provide additional state incentives for renewable energy generation and increase energy efficiency in buildings, schools and other facilities; (2) require companies with state contracts to be more accountable to the state by establishing a system for auditing such companies and investigating complaints of customer abuse by such companies; and (3) reduce energy costs for consumers through state grants for residential energy efficiency projects and by requiring gas and electric distribution companies to credit over-earnings to low-income ratepayers. | Pending | Energy Efficiency | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-04 2023-06-07 | ||||
23 | CT | Legislation | S 961: Carbon Free School Requirements | "Requirement for net-zero construction of new schools and major renovations. Applications for state school construction grants must show how new buildings will be net-zero to the extent practicable" CT Roundtable on Climate and Jobs | Pending | Emissions | CT Roundtable on Climate & jobs | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-04 2023-06-07 | ||||
24 | CT | Legislation | H 5219: New and Renovated Construction of Public Buildings | To ensure that future building projects, such as schools, are energy efficient and not fully reliant on fossil fuels. | Pending | Energy Efficiency | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-04 2023-06-07 | ||||
25 | CT | Legislation | H 5590: Climate Change Mitigation | To expand Connecticut's zero-carbon electricity supply goal to apply to all electricity in the state. | Pending | Goal Setting | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | supply | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-04 2023-06-07 | |||
26 | CT | Legislation | H 5629: Energy Efficiency and Building Electrification | (1) Establish a program for energy efficiency projects and building electrification in environmental justice communities, and (2) allocate one billion dollars over five years to such program. The program shall include, but need not be limited to, installing insulation, retrofitting buildings to replace gas heating and stoves with electric heating and stoves, installing rooftop solar photovoltaic panels and installing electric vehicle charging stations. | Pending | Energy Justice | Electrification | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-04 2023-06-07 | |||
27 | CT | Legislation | H 6354: Green Jobs Corps Program | "HB 6354 addresses this issue directly by planning for the workforce development needs for green jobs in our state. The bill would accelerate the training of Connecticut residents for green jobs to a pace necessary to meet our greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals." CT Rountable on Climate and Jobs | Passed | Workforce | CT Roundtable on Climate & jobs | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-04 2023-06-07 | ||||
28 | CT | Legislation | H 6401: Use of Low Carbon Concrete in State Construction | Concerns the use of low embodied carbon concrete in state construction projects, establishes standards for the advertisement of opportunities to bid and objective criteria for evaluating the qualifications of bidders, including, but not limited to, a preference for bidders using low embodied carbon concrete whenever feasible and consistent with public safety. | Pending | Emissions | Sierra Club CT | embodied carbon | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-04 2023-06-07 | |||
29 | CT | Legislation | H 6749: Renewable Home Energy Projects | Expands a financing program for renewable home energy projects, expands the residential heating equipment financing program to include geothermal heating and cooling systems and heat pump dryers. Applies to both gas-burning and electric appliances | Pending | Cost & Funding | Energy Efficiency | CT Green Bank | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-04 2023-06-07 | |||
30 | CT | Legislation | H 6942: Housing Environmental Improvement Revolving Loan Fund | ".. to provide low-interest financing for retrofits projects of multifamily residences in environmental justice communities that improve energy efficiency and building shell weatherization. Potential projects include but are not limited to, the installation of heat pumps, solar power generating systems, improved roofing, doors, windows, and any electric system or wiring upgrades necessary for such retrofit. The pilot program(s) will also prioritize upgrades that include the remediation of health and safety concerns such as mold, vermiculite, asbestos, etc. They will prioritize upgrades on non-owner-occupied units and units where residents or prospective residents are low-income." Jayson Velazquez | Passed | Cost & Funding | Acadia Center | |||||
31 | DE | Legislation | H 99: Delaware Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023 | Provides that the State shall implement greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies to ensure that statewide emissions on a net basis shall be reduced by not less than a specified percent, provides that the Climate Action Plan shall serve as the framework to guide all agencies in working towards achievement of certain targets, and, along with the Climate Action Plan Implementation Report, shall serve to provide recommendations to make progress towards the greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets. | Passed | Goal Setting | Emissions | Sierra Club Delaware | 152nd General Assembly 2023-01-10 2023-06-30 | |||
32 | DE | Legislation | H 161: Energy Efficiency Investment Fund | "Allows the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to help more small businesses and organizations make energy efficiency improvements to their facilities by increasing the proportion of projects that can be funded by the Energy Efficiency Investment Fund." Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships | Passed | Cost & Funding | Energy Efficiency | Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships | 152nd General Assembly 2023-01-10 2023-06-30 | |||
33 | FL | Legislation | S970: State Renewable Energy Goals | Would have prohibited the drilling or exploration for, or production of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products, prohibits permitting and construction of certain structures intended to drill or explore for, or produce or transport, oil, gas, or other petroleum products. Also would have required that all electricity used in the state be generated by renewable energy by a specified date, requires statewide net zero carbon emissions by a specified date. Would have created the Renewable Energy Workforce. | Failed | Goal Setting | Emissions | Florida League of Cities | 2023 Regular Session 2023-03-07 2023-05-05 | |||
34 | GA | Legislation | H251: Clean Energy Act | To amend Code Section 46-1-6 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to governmental entities prohibited from restricting utility service connection or sale of fuels based on type and ability to choose utility service, so as to require the Public Service Commission to adopt regulations to gradually reduce, from 2025 to 2050, the carbon dioxide emissions from electric utilities; to require all electricity provided by an electric utility in this state to be generated from clean energy sources by 2050; to provide for a short title; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | Pending | Regulation | Goal Setting | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 2023-2024 Biennium 2023-01-09 2023-03-29 | |||
35 | HI | Legislation | H191: Public Utilities Commission Carbon Social Cost | Provides that the State shall consider the estimated social cost of greenhouse gas emissions in planning new infrastructure and capital improvement projects, provides that the Public Utilities Commission shall require regulated electric and gas utilities to use the estimated social cost of greenhouse gas emissions when determining the cost, benefit, or net present value of any integrated resource plan or project proposal. | Pending | Regulation | Goal Setting | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 2023 Regular Session: 2023-01-18 2023-05-04 | |||
36 | HI | Legislation | H 194: Minimum Efficiency Standards | "By setting efficiency standards for products not regulated by the federal government, Hawai‘i consumers and businesses can save an estimated $169.7 million in net utility bill savings over 15 years. Adding these products can also reduce air pollutants, GHG emissions, and save water."- Blue Planet Foundation | Passed | Energy Efficiency | Goal Setting | Blue Planet Foundation | ||||
37 | HI | Legislation | H197: Refrigerant Management Program | Provides that when adopting, amending, or updating the codes and standards identified in the State Building Codes, the State Building Council shall establish codes and standards that are consistent with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with hydrofluorocarbons, provides that no law, rule, ordinance, or code shall prohibit or limit the use of a refrigerant designated as acceptable for use, under specified conditions. | Pending | Emissions | Hawaii Environmental Change Agents | 2023 Regular Session: 2023-01-18 2023-05-04 | ||||
38 | HI | Legislation | H 654: Buildings | "Requires state agencies to process the aggregated energy and water data of certain properties through the federal ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager and submit the benchmarking data to the Hawaii state energy office. Appropriates funds."- Citizens' Climate Lobby Hawaii | Pending | Energy Efficiency | Goal Setting | Citizens' Climate Lobby Hawaii | 2023 Regular Session: 2023-01-18 2023-05-04 | |||
39 | HI | Legislation | H 835: New Construction Gas Appliances | Prohibits the installation of gas appliances in new construction within the state | Pending | Electrification | Codes | NCSL Environment State Bill Tracker | deferred | |||
40 | IL | Legislation | S 89: Energy Efficient Building Act | Requires the Capital Development Board to consult with the Environmental Protection Agency to create and adopt the Illinois Stretch Energy Code, extends various deadlines related to the Code, amends the Public Building Commission Act, extends the repeal date for various provisions in the Act, amends the University of Illinois Act, extends the date by which the Government Finance Research Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago must issue specified water rate reports. | Passed | Energy Efficiency | Codes | NCSL Environment State Bill Tracker | 103rd General Assembly 2023-01-11 2024-01-11 | |||
41 | IL | Legislation | SB1699 House Amendment 3 | Amends Illinois Power Agency Act. Among other things, directs ICC to conduct a workshop on thermal energy networks in early 2024. | Passed | Energy Efficiency | Workforce | ICC Website | thermal energy networks | 103rd General Assembly 2023-01-11 2024-01-12 | ||
42 | IL | Legislation | H 2875 / S 1666: Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act | Provides that the Amendatory Act may be referred to as the Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Acts, sets forth a statement of legislative findings and intent, amends the Public Utilities Act, defines thermal energy and thermal energy network, provides that the Commerce Commission shall initiate a proceeding within 3 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act to support the development of thermal energy networks, specifies the matters the Commission shall consider in such proceeding. | Pending | Regulation | Workforce | NCSL Environment State Bill Tracker | thermal energy networks | 103rd General Assembly 2023-01-11 2024-01-11 | ||
43 | IL | Legislation | HB3572: Gas Stove Labeling | Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that no person shall sell, attempt to sell, or offer to sell to a consumer in this State a gas stove that is manufactured on or after January 1, 2024 unless a label on the gas stove bears a specified warning message. Provides that a person who violates the new provisions commits an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act. Defines "gas stove". | Pending | Regulation | BDC internal tracking | Did not make it out of committee and will likely be introduced next session | 103rd General Assembly 2023-01-11 2024-01-12 | |||
44 | KS | Legislation | HB2156: Rates for Low-Income Residential Customers. | Authorizing public utilities subject to the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission to establish rates that benefit low-income residential customers. | Pending | Cost & Funding | Energy Justice | Climate and Energy Project; C&P Tracker | rates | 2023-2024 Biennium 2023-01-09 2023-04-28 | ||
45 | KY | Legislation | H 240: Tax Credit for Home Installations | Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 141 establishing the refundable home modification tax credit, not to exceed $7,500 annually, for qualifying home installations to increase the habitability or efficiency of the residence for individuals that are age 65 or older or have a physical or mental impairment for taxable years beginning on or after a specified date, but before a specified date, establishes ordering of the credit, allows information to be provided to the Legislative Research Commission. | Failed | Energy Efficiency | Rebates / Subsidies | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-03 2023-03-30 | |||
46 | MA | Legislation | H 764/ S2090: An Act Incorporating Embodied Carbon into State Climate Policy | This bill addresses embodied carbon emissions "by establishing a state advisory board to address embodied carbon; requiring DOER to put forward recommendations and best practices for measuring and reducing embodied carbon; requiring a report outlining effective regulation strategies for reducing embodied carbon; and incorporating the measurement and reduction of embodied carbon into the stretch and specialized stretch code." --MA Climate Action Network | Pending | Emissions | Codes | MA Climate Action Network | embodied carbon | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | ||
47 | MA | Legislation | H1865 /S 1179: Just Transition to Clean Energy | Requires each gas company, as part of performance based ratemaking, to submit a just transition plan, which must be approved by the department, to address workforce development, maintenance and attrition over the course of the transition to net zero emissions. | Pending | Energy Justice | Workforce | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | |||
48 | MA | Legislation | H.2131/S.1382: An Act to improve outdoor and indoor air quality for communities burdened by pollution | "This bill requires new air monitoring stations for pollutants, including black carbon and ultrafine particulate matter, to establish a baseline of air pollution in neighborhoods overburdened by transportation pollution and includes ambitious goals to ratchet that pollution level down. Additionally, the bill requires the installation of air filters in existing eligible buildings, mandates advanced HVAC filtration systems for new eligible buildings, upgrades state codes to improve mold enforcement, and prohibits the installation of gas stoves in new eligible buildings, so children and other residents can breathe cleaner air in daycares, schools, public housing, and other spaces overburdened with transportation pollution." -- Clean Water Action | Pending | Emissions | Electrification | Clean Water Action | IAQ and outdoor air pollution | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | ||
49 | MA | Legislation | H.2894/S.1799: HERO Act | "Raises revenue through the Deeds Excise Tax for affordable housing, housing vouchers and rental assistance for extremely low-income families and for climate resiliency and mitigation....Support large scale climate mitigation & adaptation projects, such as, decarbonization of low- and moderate income housing and protection of low income and coastal communities." --350 Massachusetts | Pending | Resilience | Energy Justice | 350 Massachusetts | affordable housing | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | ||
50 | MA | Legislation | H 3002 / S 1982 : Use of Low Embodied Carbon Concrete in State Projects | "An Act relative to the use of low-embodied carbon concrete in state projects establishes minimum standards for low-embodied carbon concrete used by contractors and subcontractors working on state projects in order to reduce embodied carbon emissions. It also requires these contractors to issue periodic reports to evaluate the environmental, public health, and safety impacts of low embodied carbon concrete to ensure that decarbonization is done in an equitable manner. Finally, the bill establishes a stakeholder working group to help set standards, identify incentives, and examine the impacts of low-embodied concrete requirements" --Mass Climate Action Network | Pending | Emissions | MA Climate Action Network | embodied carbon | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | |||
51 | MA | Legislation | H 3035/S 1981: State Procurement of Low Carbon Building Materials | "An Act requiring state procurement of low-carbon building materials introduces a public procurement standard, or “buy-clean” policy, for state projects that will require the measurement and reduction of emissions that come from building materials used in these projects. This legislation will prioritize the materials that have the highest carbon footprint in our built environment, including concrete and steel. It will also ensure that requirements for the reduction of carbon in state projects become progressively stronger over time, a critical step to ensuring that our buildings are being transformed from polluters to protectors of our environment, our communities, and our health." -- Mass Climate Action Network | Pending | Emissions | MA Climate Action Network | embodied carbon | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | |||
52 | MA | Legislation | H 3150 / S2117: An Act Advancing Clean Energy, Equity, an Innovation within Municipal Utilities | "An Act Advancing Clean Energy, Equity, and Innovation within Municipal Utilities addresses the equitable distribution of benefits and burdens of the clean energy transition by requiring municipal utilities (also known as Municipal Light Plants or MLPs) to adhere to the same clean energy goals and requirements as Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs). In particular, the bill requires MLPs to meet the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and the Clean Peak Standard (CPS) by 2030 - requirements that the rest of the state is already meeting now. It also establishes a $50 million fund to accelerate the transition to clean energy for environmental justice communities, low- or moderate-income housing, and elderly housing that is being served by MLPs." -- MA Climate Action Network | Pending | Goal Setting | Energy Justice | MA Climate Action Network | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | |||
53 | MA | Legislation | H3151: An Act Establishing a Pathway to Net-Zero Buildings | Relates to the definition of net-zero buildings and establishing a pathway to net zero for residential and commercial new construction and major renovations. | Pending | Emissions | Electrification | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | |||
54 | MA | Legislation | H 3169 / S 2138: An Act Protecting Ratepayers From Gas Pipeline Expansion Costs | "This bill would prevent ratepayer money from going toward new, large pipelines, which require the expansion of interstate infrastructure." --MA Sierra Club | Pending | Cost & Funding | Massachusetts Sierra Club | gas system | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | |||
55 | MA | Legislation | H3171 / S 2109: An Act establishing the Gateway cities Renewable, Efficient, and Electrified Neighborhoods initiative (GREEN Initiative) | Establishes the Gateway Cities Renewable, Efficient, and Electrified Neighborhoods Initiative, known as the GREEN Initiative. The department may contract with the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center to administer all or part of the GREEN Initiative. "The GREEN Act retrofits low- and moderate-income housing in Gateway Cities to be efficient, fossil-fuel-free, and powered with renewable electricity." -- Environment Massachusetts | Pending | Electrification | Energy Efficiency | Environment Massachusetts | low income | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | ||
56 | MA | Legislation | H3183 / S2115: Electrification of New and Substantially Remodeled or Rehabilitated Buildings | Key provisions will: 1) require all new construction to use electricity and not fossil fuels; 2) avoid additional costs of retrofitting newer buildings in the near future; 3) and include special provisions for hospitals and laboratories; and some exceptions, for example, for outdoor cooking and emergency back-up generation. | Pending | Electrification | Green Newton | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | ||||
57 | MA | Legislation | H3192/ S 2144: An Act relative to building energy and decarbonization | "Creates a building performance standard run by a new division of DOER which would consult with other departments/stakeholders to create regulations for the program. The BPS would start with buildings over 20,000 SF in 2026, would expand to all building types in 2028, and all buildings in 2032. The BPS will be set up in a way that aligns with the emission reduction requirements of the Global Warming Solutions Act. Funding raised by the BPS would go to a new building retrofitting program targeting low-income and Environmental Justice households and municipally owned buildings. This bill also has many non-BPS sections worth noting." --Green Energy Consumers | Pending | Energy Efficiency | Emissions | Green Energy Consumers | building performance standard | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | ||
58 | MA | Legislation | H.3203/S.2105: The Future of Clean Heat | "The bill provides an efficient and equitable transition over the next 25 years from heating with fossil fuels to heating and cooling with non-combusting, non-emitting renewable sources of thermal energy. It requires gas companies to plan this strategic transition, neighborhood by neighborhood, by installing as appropriate either networked geothermal ground source heat pumps or electric air source heat pumps" (Green Newton). "The Future of Clean Heat bill (H. 3203, S.2105) has multiple provisions but most importantly it includes both an opportunity and a mandate. It opens the door for gas companies to reinvent their utility to sell clean heat – non-combusting, non-emitting renewable thermal energy – instead of gas, and they can install the needed infrastructure, including networked ground-source heat pumps, using their skilled workforce and their existing access to our streets. At the same time, the bill mandates that gas companies create plans to transition gas infrastructure and pursue neighborhood-wide electrification projects, allowing municipalities and customers to participate in the planning. The bill also empowers and requires the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to create the regulatory structure needed for these vital transitions, while DPU decision-making is made more transparent to the public." (Salem Alliance for the Environment). | Pending | Regulation | Electrification | 350 Massachsuetts ; Gas Transition Allies Summary; Salem Alliance for the Environment | thermal energy networks | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | ||
59 | MA | Legislation | H 3213 / S 2178: Better Buildings Act | This bill "follows up the 2022 legislation by creating a building performance standard for large buildings over 20,000 SF run by the Department of Energy Resources (DOER). The building performance standards need to match what is required by our Global Warming Solutions Act. Funding from alternative compliance payments would go to low-income household electrification and energy efficiency projects." ---Green Energy Consumers | Pending | Energy Efficiency | Emissions | Green Energy Consumers; Environment Mass. | building performance standard | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | ||
60 | MA | Legislation | H3215: An Act to Expedite Permitting for Electric Decarbonization Infrastructure Projects | Expedites permitting for electric decarbonization infrastructure project. The bill "would create a new office within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs with the authority to consolidate various permitting processes related to utility decarbonization infrastructure projects into one process. Bill supporters, including utility companies National Grid and Eversource, said the current permitting process creates unnecessary overlaps that cause delays and makes meaningful public engagement difficult and expensive." --Gloucester Times | Pending | Electrification | Regulation | Gloucester Times | permitting | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | ||
61 | MA | Legislation | H.3232/S.2365: An Act Establishing a Zero Carbon Renovation Fund | Allocates "$300 million from the Massachusetts State Legislature for a Zero Carbon Renovation Fund to jumpstart the market for zero-carbon renovations in existing buildings in Massachusetts, with the goal of having this fund administered by MassCEC. Renovations supported by the ZCRF will include improvements and renovations that are aligned with a zero-carbon future and incorporates one or more of the following: (1) maximizing energy efficiency through building envelope upgrades; (2) electrification of building systems; (3) maximizing usage of on-site renewable energy, wherever possible; and (4) consideration of building retrofit materials that are low embodied carbon. The ZCRF will prioritize affordable housing, public housing, low- and moderate-income homes, schools, BIPOC and women businesses, and buildings located in Environmental Justice communities." -MA Climate Action Network | Pending | Cost & Funding | Electrification | MA Climate Action Network | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | |||
62 | MA | Legislation | H 3237 / S 2135: An Act Establishing A Moratorium On New Gas System Expansion | "This bill would put a moratorium on the biggest gas infrastructure until 2026, at the earliest, and will prevent gas utilities from expanding gas pipelines into new towns."--MA Sierra Club | Pending | Regulation | Mass Power Forward | gas system | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | |||
63 | MA | Legislation | H 3689: The 100% Clean Act | "The 100% Clean Act will transition Massachusetts to 100 percent clean electricity by 2035 and 100 percent clean heating and transportation by 2045. It lays out clear requirements and actions for the Commonwealth to achieve these objectives, while ensuring that workers and environmental justice communities are included in the transition." --Environment Massachusetts | Pending | Goal Setting | Emissions | Environment Massachusetts | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | |||
64 | MA | Legislation | H.3694 An Act Relative to the Clean Heat Standard | "The bill would place critical guardrails on the Clean Heat Standard currently being developed by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), including excluding renewable natural gas and hydrogen from being considered "clean heat measures" and enacting policy mechanisms to alleviate financial impacts on low- and moderate-income residents of the Commonwealth." --Acadia Center | Pending | Regulation | Emissions | Acadia Center | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | |||
65 | MA | Legislation | S 2078: Home Energy Efficiency Ratings | Establishes home energy efficiency ratings. | Pending | Energy Efficiency | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | ||||
66 | MA | Legislation | S2175: An Act to Empower Residential Housing Property Upgrades, Homeowner Savings, and a Robust Workforce | Establishes a Residential Energy Efficiency and Electrification Initiative and a Residential Energy Efficiency and Electrification Task Force to develop the Efficiency & Electrification Plan. | Pending | Electrification | Rebates / Subsidies | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 193rd General Court; First Annual Session of Biennial Session: 2023-01-04 2023-12-31 | |||
67 | ME | Legislation | S 193: Cost Effective Electrification Programs | Authorizes the efficiency Maine trust to implement cost effective electrification programs, remove conflicting statutory provisions and alter the trust's mission to include electrification, utilization of distributed energy resources and management of electricity demand consistent with the changing technological realities of the electric grid. | Pending | Energy Efficiency | Cost & Funding | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 131st Legislature 2022-12-07 2023-06-30 | |||
68 | ME | Legislation | S 257: Electric Grid and Ratepayers | Proposes to require the Public Utilities Commission to ensure that the state's electric grid is managed to benefit ratepayers by encouraging reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and providing opportunities for ratepayers to control costs and to implement local energy solutions, investigates technological advances to minimize the need for new grid infrastructure, including grid-enabling connection ports on water heaters. | Pending | Cost & Funding | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 131st Legislature 2022-12-07 2023-06-30 | ||||
69 | ME | Legislation | S 638a: An Act to Finance Clean Energy and Infrastructure in Maine | " This legislation would help public schools invest in energy efficiency and clean energy upgrades by providing grants and zero-interest loans to fund qualifying projects. As written, the bill establishes a grant program for schools under the Maine Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator. As outlined in statute, the Accelerator is intended specifically to provide financing for clean energy projects in the form of low-interest loans and other financial mechanisms." Sierra Club ME | Pending | Energy Efficiency | Sierra Club ME | 131st Legislature 2022-12-07 2023-06-30 | ||||
70 | ME | Legislation | H 696: Home Energy Scoring System | "This bill directs the Efficiency Maine Trust to establish a voluntary home energy scoring system for residential buildings for the purpose of evaluating a building's energy efficiency and relative greenhouse gas emissions. The bill also provides requirements relating to home energy audits. LD 1101 increases the probability that efficiency measures take place by providing a voluntary low-barrier audit which prioritizes potential projects to increase a building's efficiency score and also directs consumers to funding opportunities. " -PassivehausMaine | Passed | Energy Efficiency | Emissions | PassivhausMAINE | 131st Legislature 2022-12-07 2023-06-30 | |||
71 | MD | Legislation | H 6: State Sustainable Buildings Act of 2023 | "This bill will require all newly built, acquired, or renovated buildings receiving 51% Maryland State funding to follow standards for bird-friendly windows and shielded nighttime lighting, which will both conserve energy and save birds." Blue Water Baltimore | Passed | Energy Efficiency | Blue Water Baltimore | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-11 2023-04-10 | ||||
72 | MD | Legislation | H 169: Public Utilities - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programs - Energy Performance Targets and Low-Income Housing | "This legislation sets increasing targets for incremental energy efficiency in low-income households in Maryland under three Maryland programs: EmPOWER Maryland; the Multifamily Energy Efficiency and Housing Affordability Program; and the Weatherization Assistance Program. It also coordinates numerous funding streams that enable whole home retrofits and sets labor standards for contractors installing energy efficiency measures. " - Sierra Club Maryland Chapter | Passed | Energy Efficiency | Energy Justice | Sierra Club MD Blue Water Balitmore | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-11 2023-04-10 | |||
73 | MD | Legislation | S 663: Investor Owned Electric Companies Clean Energy Programs | Requires each investor-owned electric company, on or before specified date, to file with the Public Service Commission an application for a pilot program to support residential customer adoption of beneficial electrification measures, requires the pilot program to include a certain make-ready program, a certain rebate program, a certain multifamily housing facilities clean energy incentive program, and a certain load management and electric grid support services program. | Failed | Regulation | Rebates / Subsidies | Sierra Club MD | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-11 2023-04-10 | |||
74 | MD | Legislation | S689: Public Utilities-Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions-Alterations and Requirements | "This bill would have built on EmPOWER Maryland, the state’s successful energy efficiency program, by helping homeowners save money through energy efficiency rebates, aligning the program with the state’s climate goals, and maximizing the use of federal energy efficiency funds available from the Inflation Reduction Act." Blue Water Baltimore | Failed | Energy Efficiency | Electrification | Sierra Club MD Blue Water Balitmore | fuel switching | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-11 2023-04-10 | ||
75 | MD | Legislation | H 839: Resilient and Clean Energy Homes Act | Requires each investor-owned electric company to file with the Public Service Commission an application for a pilot program to support residential customer adoption of beneficial electrification measures, requires the pilot program to include a certain make-ready program, a certain rebate program, a certain multifamily housing facilities clean energy incentive program, and a certain load management and electric grid support services program. | Failed | Electrification | Rebates / Subsidies | Sierra Club MD | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-11 2023-04-10 | |||
76 | MD | Legislation | H 1134: Maryland Building Performance Standards–Fossil Fuel Use and Electric-Ready Standards | Requires the State Department of Labor to adopt, on specified date, and as part of the State Building Performance Standards, a requirement that new buildings meet all energy demands of the building without the use of fossil fuels and an electric-ready standard for certain buildings. | Failed | Electrification | Emissions | Sierra Club MD | 2023 Regular Session 2023-01-11 2023-04-10 | |||
77 | MI | Budget | Building Decarbonization Budget | Of Michigan's $57.4 billion general government budget for Fiscal Year 2024, 212 million is dedicated to rebates for energy efficiency upgrades to homes and $20 million to improve air quality and clean up contamination in environmental justice communities that have been disproportionately burdened with pollution. | Passed | Rebates / Subsidies | Energy Justice | Michigan Advance | 102nd Legislature 2023-01-11 2023-12-31 | |||
78 | MI | Legislation | SB271/ HB4759: Clean Energy Standard | Would transition Michigan’s electricity generation energy mix to 100% carbon-free power by 2035 (with a 60% by 2030 target). | Pending | Emissions | Goal Setting | Evergreen Action | 102nd Legislature 2023-01-11 2023-12-31 | |||
79 | MI | Legislation | SB 272 / HB 4760: Empowering the MI Public Service Commission | "This bill provides the MPSC with the tools it needs to protect the public interest and achieve our climate, affordability, and equity goals." | Pending | Regulation | MI Sierra Club | 102nd Legislature 2023-01-11 2023-12-32 | ||||
80 | MI | Legislation | S273: Energy Waste Reduction | The bill would amend Subpart C (Energy Waste Reduction) of the Clean and Renewable Energy Waste Reduction Act to do the following: 1)Require an electric provider's energy waste reduction plan to achieve an annual energy waste reduction standard of 2%. 2) Modify the percentage of annual energy incremental savings that an electric provider must meet to achieve financial incentives allowed under Subpart C. 3) Beginning 2025, require the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) to review an electric or natural gas provider's energy waste reduction plan every three years | Pending | Goal Setting | Evergreen Action | 102nd Legislature 2023-01-11 2023-12-31 | ||||
81 | MI | Legislation | S274: A Plan to Reduce GhG Emissions from Buildings | Would steadily increase building electrification by facilitating the full electrification of new sales of appliances, heating and cooling systems, and other building systems by 2040 | Pending | Electrification | Emissions | Evergreen Action | 102nd Legislature 2023-01-11 2023-12-31 | |||
82 | MN | Legislation | HF7/SF4: 100% Clean Energy Bill | The 100% clean electricity bill commits all utilities to provide Minnesota customers with 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040, with reporting on benchmarks every five years. | Passed | Goal Setting | Emissions | Fresh Energy | 93rd Legislature 2023-01-03 2023-05-22 | |||
83 | MN | Legislation | HF1656/SF1622: "State Competitiveness Fund” Bill | Establishes a dedicated fund of $115 million to ensure the state of Minnesota can take full advantage of the unprecedented federal investments for energy infrastructure in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). An additional $75 million passed through the Omnibus Jobs and Labor bill, raising the total to $190 million. | Passed | Cost & Funding | Fresh Energy | 93rd Legislature 2023-01-03 2023-05-22 | ||||
84 | MN | Legislation | HF 2755/ SF2782 Commercial Building Code Standards | Passed through an omnibus labor bill. "Beginning in 2024, the commissioner shall act on the new model commercial energy code by adopting each new published edition of ASHRAE 90.1 or a more efficient standard. The commercial energy code in effect in 2036 and thereafter must achieve an 80 percent reduction in annual net energy consumption or greater, using the ASHRAE 90.1-2004 as a baseline." | Passed | Codes | Fresh Energy | 93rd Legislature 2023-01-03 2023-05-22 | ||||
85 | MN | Legislation | HF 2310*/SF 2438: Environment, Natural Resources, Climate, and Energy Omnibus Bill | "The 433-page package includes funding for every environmental or energy-related state agency, and extensive new policy and mandates related to those areas of law....Combined from all sources, the bill spends more than $1.7 billion in during the 2024-25 biennium, boosted by one-time spending of the budget surplus, and $1.1 billion in ongoing biennial spending." (League of Minnesota Cities). Specific to building decarbonization, it includes "$13 million for grants and rebates to install electric heat pumps in homes; $6.5 million to install electric panels to allow homeowners to add electric stoves and other appliances. And $20 million (with an additional $25 million in the jobs bill at the legislature) to fund the Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority, often referred to as a “green bank.” (MPR News). The bill also included important environmental justice provisions and defintions and energy benchmarking goals for commerical buildings. | Passed | Cost & Funding | Energy Justice | League of Minnesota Cities; MPR News ; Frontline Community Protection Coalition | 93rd Legislature 2023-01-03 2023-05-22 | |||
86 | MN | Legislation | H1939: Clean Energy Workforce | Appropriates money for workforce development in clean energy fields with a focus on BIPOC communities | Pending | Workforce | Energy Justice | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 93rd Legislature 2023-01-03 2023-05-22 | |||
87 | MN | Legislation | H2269: Energy Benchmarking | Provides that the Commissioner of Commerce must establish and maintain a building energy benchmarking program, provides that the purpose of the program is to make a building's owners, tenants, and potential tenants aware of the building's energy consumption levels and patterns, and how the building's energy use compares with that of similar buildings nationwide, appropriates funds. | Passed | Energy Efficiency | Goal Setting | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | Included in Energy Omnibus bill. Building performance standard, benchmarking | 93rd Legislature 2023-01-03 2023-05-22 | ||
88 | MN | Legislation | H 1973/ S2188: Greenhouse Gas emissions-reduction goal | Makes state GhG reduction goal more ambitious by aiming for net-zero by 2050 (as compared to 2005) as opposed to 80% reduction by 2050 | Pending | Emissions | Goal Setting | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | https://mailchi.mp/mwalliance/midwest-building-efficiency-status-report-538274?e=1472145c4a | 93rd Legislature 2023-01-03 2023-05-22 | ||
89 | NE | Legislation | L 164: State Building Codes | Adopts updates to state building and energy codes. | Pending | Codes | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 108th Legislature 2023-01-04 2023-06-01 | ||||
90 | NJ | Legislation | A576 An Act establishing the Climate Change Mitigation and Resilience Financing Program | "Through the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank to provide low-interest loans and other financial assistance to State entities, local government units, and private entities for climate change mitigation and resilience projects including energy efficiency improvements. Eligible projects include building insulation, weatherization measures, automated energy control systems, energy efficient heating, ventilation or air conditioning systems, and energy efficient lighting systems." --summary by Building Performance Association | Pending | Cost & Funding | Energy Efficiency | Building Performance Association State Policy Update | carryover | 2022-2023 Biennium 2022-01-11 2024-01-11 | Building Performance Association State Policy Update | |
91 | NJ | Legislation | A1479 / S 336 : Office of Clean Energy Equity | Establishes Office of Clean Energy Equity in BPU, directs establishment of certain clean energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage programs for overburdened communities, makes change to community solar program. | Pending | Energy Justice | Energy Efficiency | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | carryover | 2022-2023 Biennium 2022-01-11 2024-01-11 | ||
92 | NJ | Legislation | A1738 / S2045: An Act concerning financing high performance green buildings | "Would establish a program through the NJ Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) to administer low-interest loans for the development of new, or renovation of existing, high performance green buildings. “High performance green buildings” are defined as commercial, industrial, or mixed-use buildings over 15,000 square feet that achieve at least a LEED silver rating, silver National Green Buildings Standards rating" --summary by Building Performance Association | Pending | Cost & Funding | Energy Efficiency | Building Performance Association State Policy Update | carryover | 2022-2023 Biennium 2022-01-11 2024-01-12 | ||
93 | NJ | Legislation | A1781 / S277: An Act Establishing a Green Infrastructure Financing Program | "Would create a low-cost financing program through NJEDA to make “green infrastructure installations”. Green infrastructure installation includes any commercially available technology that enables the State to meet its energy efficiency or conservation goals including through demand response technology or reductions in energy use." --summary by Building Performance Association | Pending | Cost & Funding | Energy Efficiency | Building Performance Association State Policy Update | carryover | 2022-2023 Biennium 2022-01-11 2024-01-13 | ||
94 | NJ | Legislation | A2234 / S 287: NJ Low Embodied Carbon Conrete Leadership Act (LECCLA) | "LECCLA builds on the Buy Clean model, introducing an additional and complementary tax incentive for concrete producers to not simply meet the established performance baseline, but to overperform by delivering EPD-verified orders that fall below the baseline....Beginning in 2024, concrete producers who supply at least 50 yards of concrete for state funded construction projects will be eligible for a performance-based tax credit if the concrete they deliver for things like foundations, bridges, and sidewalks also delivers quantifiable reductions in embodied carbon. Prior to the implementation of the tax credit program, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will be charged with establishing embodied carbon baselines for concrete, measured in global warming potential (GWP), a value that quantifies the kg of CO2 generated per 1 m3 of concrete. Producers who submit certified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) that validate GWP scores that fall below this baseline will be awarded a tax credit of up to 8% of the total cost of the contract." NRDC, New Jersey | Passed | Emissions | NRDC | embodied carbon | 2022-2023 Biennium 2022-01-11 2024-01-12 | |||
95 | NJ | Legislation | S1386 / A2879 An Act to Codify Certain Energy Goals related to the 2019 Energy Master Plan | "Would formalize goals set by the New Jersey Energy Master Plan, including 35% reductions in greenhouse gasses by 2025 and 50% renewable electricity by 2030." --summary by Building Performance Association | Pending | Goal Setting | Emissions | Building Performance Association State Policy Update | carryover | 2022-2023 Biennium 2022-01-11 2024-01-13 | ||
96 | NJ | Legislation | A3079 An Act concerning Carbon Emissions from Electric Power Generation | "Requires all electric power sold in New Jersey to be from zero-carbon sources by 2050." --summary by Building Performance Association | Pending | Emissions | Building Performance Association State Policy Update | 2022-2023 Biennium 2022-01-11 2024-01-13 | ||||
97 | NJ | Legislation | A 3185: New Construction Gas Connections Prohibition | This bill would allow municipalities to prohibit gas connections in new structures and buildings. Electric power, the primary energy alternative to natural gas, is becoming a cleaner source of energy, contributing fewer carbon emissions that cause climate change. This bill would give municipalities the flexibility to promote cleaner energy sources, and help combat climate change, by prohibiting new construction that uses natural gas as an energy source. | Pending | Electrification | Codes | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | carryover | 2022-2023 Biennium 2022-01-11 2024-01-11 | ||
98 | NJ | Legislation | A3745 / S2089: An Act Concerning Energy Audits for Small Businesses | "Would establish a program through the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to offer financial assistance including up to 100% reimbursement to small businesses for energy audits and for the purchase and installation of energy efficiency and conservation equipment."--summary by Building Performance Association | Pending | Cost & Funding | Energy Efficiency | Building Performance Association State Policy Update | carryover | 2022-2023 Biennium 2022-01-11 2024-01-12 | ||
99 | NJ | Legislation | A4297 / S1983 / S1985: Green Building Tax Act | An Act providing certain tax credits for the meeting of green building standards, and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes | Pending | Cost & Funding | Energy Efficiency | National Caucus of Environmental Legislators | carryover | 2022-2023 Biennium 2022-01-11 2024-01-12 | ||
100 | NJ | Legislation | A 5247 / S3602: Weatherization | Establishes weatherization and energy efficiency pilot program to address open cockloft space between certain buildings; appropriates $30,000,000. | Pending | Energy Efficiency | NCSL Energy State Bill Tracker | 2022-2023 Biennium 2022-01-11 2024-01-11 |