Commissioner: Andrew McAllister
About the Pre-Rulemaking
The California Energy Commission will be opening a public process and rulemaking proceeding to adopt changes to the California Energy Code (aka Building Energy Efficiency Standards) contained in the California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 24, Part 6, and associated administrative regulations in Part 1 (collectively referred to here as the Energy Code). The updated standards will be proposed for adoption in 2021 with an effective date of January 1, 2023. The Energy Commission has opened Docket 19-BSTD-03 for pre-rulemaking comments on proposed 2022 Energy Code measures. The Energy Commission has also opened Docket 19-BSTD-04 for pre-rulemaking comments on changes to the 2022 Energy Code compliance metric.
The California Energy Commission staff will conduct workshops to present potential revisions to the Energy Code and obtain public suggestions and comment. The scope, time, and date of these workshops will be publicly noticed.
Interested parties should be aware the California investor-owned utilities (IOUs) and some publicly owned utilities (POUs) conduct the statewide Codes and Standards Enhancement programs through rate payer funds. To support the 2022 revisions to the Energy Code, the IOUs and POUs are conducting a number of Codes and Standards Enhancement (CASE) Initiatives. These Initiatives address areas of potential change to the Energy Code that show promise, based on the results of utility research, and the success of incentive programs and document the potential energy savings, cost implications, and specific approaches. Although outside the scope of the Energy Commission’s rulemaking proceeding for the 2022 Energy Code, these Initiatives are important. The California Energy Commission expects the IOUs and POUs to engage building industry stakeholders throughout the development of the CASE Initiatives so that these Initiatives will be adequately vetted with affected stakeholders prior to proposing potential revisions to the Energy Code. To participate in this development process please visit Title24Stakeholders.com or email [email protected].
Organizations and individuals may also propose new measures. Go to the public participation page for more information.
https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/title24/2022standards/prerulemaking/
