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2015 House Bill 1278: Concerning building energy use disclosure requirements
Introduced by Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (West Seattle) (D) on January 16, 2015
For Bill Information, please click HERE. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Environment Committee on January 16, 2015
Substitute offered in the House on February 5, 2015
Requires certain building owners to track the energy use of their buildings and
disclose it to the Department of Commerce to be made publicly available.
Authorizes the Department of Commerce to penalize building owners that fail
to disclose required energy use information.
Requires electric and natural gas utilities serving more than 25,000 customers
to maintain and automatically update customer energy use data using a
shareable internet-based tool created by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
Referred to the House General Government & Information Technology Committee on February 11, 2015