Sacramento Business Journal - 2:26 PM PDT Monday, September 17, 200A state public utilities commissioner and administrative law judge issued a proposal for energy-efficiency measures Monday, including "zero net energy" standards for new residential construction projects beginning in 2020 and commercial construction beginning in 2030.
Zero energy means buildings use no more energy over the course of a year than they produce through solar power or other energy production technologies.
The proposal, to be discussed by the state Public Utilities Commission on Oct. 18, would also direct utilities to prepare a single, statewide, long-term energy-efficiency plan.
The proposal also seeks to reshape the heating, air conditioning and ventiliation industries by requiring an undefined minimum number of high-efficiency air conditioning systems to be installed or retrofitted on residential and small commercial buildings.
"Basically, the full spectrum of air conditioning equipment sales, installation, and service business practices must change...," commissioner Dian Grueneich and administrative law judge Kim Malcolm wrote in the proposed decision. Read More
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