Energy standard/comply cost

AN ACT Relating to a review of the costs of compliance with the 1
state energy performance standard; adding a new section to chapter 2
19.27A RCW; and providing an expiration date. 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 19.27A 5
RCW to read as follows: 6
The joint legislative audit and review committee shall review and 7
report on the costs to state and local public agencies to comply with 8
the state energy performance standard established in this chapter.9
(1) The committee must identify: 10
(a) By covered building tier and required compliance year: (i) 11
The number of covered buildings required to meet the standard; (ii) 12
the number and percentage of covered buildings in compliance with the 13
standard; (iii) the number and percentage of covered buildings not in 14
compliance with the standard; and (iv) for buildings not in 15
compliance with the standard, a breakdown illustrating which elements 16
of the standard are not met, including energy management planning, 17
benchmarking, and reporting requirements; 18
(b) By fiscal year, fines levied against state and local agencies 19
for noncompliance with the standard; 20
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HOUSE BILL 1715
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Representative Dye
Read first time 01/29/25. Referred to Committee on Environment &
Energy.
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(c) By fiscal year, beginning with state fiscal year 2020, the 1
department of commerce expenditures for overseeing compliance with 2
the standard; and 3
(d) By fiscal year, beginning with state fiscal year 2020, 4
capital and operating budget funding appropriated and awarded to 5
state and local agencies for the purpose of or supporting compliance 6
with the energy performance standard. Examples of such appropriations 7
may include funding for submetering, energy use planning, 8
benchmarking and reporting activities, heating and cooling upgrades, 9
other improvements for the purpose of increasing building energy 10
efficiency, and other appropriations as determined by the committee.11
(2) For a sample of tier 1 and tier 2 covered buildings owned by 12
state and local public agencies, the committee must:13
(a) By fiscal year, beginning in state fiscal year 2020, compile 14
state and local expenditures for complying with the standard;15
(b) Analyze trends of completed energy audits based on: (i) 16
Reported or average ages of the covered buildings; (ii) covered 17
building type, by category; and (iii) an estimate of the projected 18
costs of required capital upgrades required to come into compliance 19
with the standard; 20
(c) Identify sources of potential state, federal, and local 21
funding available to implement the required capital upgrades; and22
(d) Estimate the extent to which the standard is achieving or 23
will achieve the intended reduction of greenhouse gas emissions for 24
state and local public agencies. 25
(3) Building type categories for the purposes of the analysis 26
required under subsection (2)(b) of this section must be determined 27
by the committee. Examples of building type categories may include 28
office buildings, schools, correctional facilities, courthouses, 29
hospitals, libraries, and others. 30
(4) When selecting the sample of buildings, the committee must 31
include: Buildings from the east and west side of the state, 32
buildings representing a broad selection of building type categories, 33
and a mix of state and locally owned buildings. 34
(5) The department of commerce must provide all relevant data to 35
the committee for the purposes of completing the interim and final 36
reports. 37
(6) By December 1, 2027, the joint legislative audit and review 38
committee must submit an interim report to the appropriate policy and 39
fiscal committees of the legislature that identifies data sources, 40
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the proposed approach for selecting the sample of buildings, and 1
potential methodologies. The committee must submit a final report to 2
the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature by 3
December 1, 2030. 4
(7) This section expires January 1, 2032. 5
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