Bill Text: CA AB2379 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 2379 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Energy: home energy rating program: report.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB2379 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2379-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2379	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Quirk

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 25942 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2379, as amended, Quirk. Energy: home energy rating program:
report.
   Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission to prepare an integrated energy policy report
every 2 years. Under existing law, the report is required to include
an evaluation of the energy savings attributable to the 
statewide home energy rating  program and a recommendation
concerning which means and methods will be most efficient and
 cost-effective   cost effective  to induce
home energy ratings for residential dwellings.
   This bill would additionally require the report to include a
comparison of actual energy  savings  
consumption  and the models or projections used to qualify the
rating program and would update an obsolete cross-reference.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 25942 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   25942.  (a) On or before July 1, 1995, the commission shall
establish criteria for adopting a statewide home energy rating
program for residential dwellings. The program criteria shall
include, but are not limited to, all of the following elements:
   (1) Consistent, accurate, and uniform ratings based on a single
statewide rating scale.
   (2) Reasonable estimates of potential utility bill savings, and
reliable recommendations on cost-effective measures to improve energy
efficiency.
   (3) Training and certification procedures for home raters and
quality assurance procedures to promote accurate ratings and to
protect consumers.
   (4) In coordination with home energy rating service organization
databases, procedures to establish a centralized, publicly 
accessible,   accessible  database that includes a
uniform reporting system for information on residential dwellings,
excluding proprietary information, needed to facilitate the program.
There shall be no public access to information in the database
concerning specific dwellings without the owner's or occupant's
permission.
   (5) Labeling procedures that will meet the needs of home buyers,
homeowners, renters, the real estate industry, and mortgage lenders
with an interest in home energy ratings.
   (b) The commission shall adopt the program pursuant to subdivision
(a) in consultation with representatives of the Department of Real
Estate, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the
Public Utilities Commission, investor-owned and municipal utilities,
cities and counties, real estate licensees, home builders, mortgage
lenders, home appraisers and inspectors, home energy rating
organizations, contractors who provide home energy services, consumer
groups, and environmental groups.
   (c) On and after January 1, 1996, no home energy rating services
may be performed in this state unless the services have been
certified, if such a certification program is available, by the
commission to be in compliance with the program criteria specified in
subdivision (a) and, in addition, are in conformity with any other
applicable element of the program.
   (d) On or before July 1, 1996, the commission shall consult with
the agencies and organizations described in subdivision (b), to
facilitate a public information program to inform homeowners, rental
property owners, renters, sellers, and others of the existence of the
statewide home energy rating program adopted by the commission.
   (e) The commission shall, as part of the integrated energy policy
report prepared pursuant to Section 25302, report on the progress
made to implement a statewide home energy rating program. The report
shall include an evaluation of the energy savings attributable to the
program, a comparison of actual energy savings 
 consumption  and the models or projections used to qualify
the rating program, and a recommendation concerning which means and
methods will be most efficient and  cost-effective 
 cost effective  to induce home energy ratings for
residential dwellings.