Building Energy Standards: Prioritizing Cost and Grid Reliability.
This Act introduces new mandatory criteria the government must consider when updating federal building energy efficiency standards. The changes aim to ensure new standards are cost-effective for citizens and do not overly strain the electric grid. Crucially, it makes it harder to implement standards that would require buildings to switch from fossil fuels to other energy sources, potentially impacting construction and renovation costs.
Key points
The government must now assess cost-effectiveness, technological feasibility, and impact on electric grid reliability before adopting new building standards.
Any requirement forcing a building to switch from fossil fuels to another energy source (like electricity) is considered a negative factor against adopting the standard.
The goal is to maintain housing affordability by avoiding costly, mandated changes to building energy systems.
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