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Employers Encouraged to Comment on Possible Natural Gas Ban

11/15/2021

3 Comments

 
​The Washington State Building Code Council (WSBCC) seeks public comment on two proposed changes to the State Energy Code for commercial buildings.

These proposals would ban the use of natural gas for space and water heating in new and retrofit commercial buildings. If passed, all new commercial buildings would only be able to use electricity for heating and hot water after 2027. This will significantly raise the cost of energy for commercial building owners and those costs will then be passed onto building tenants, often the local small and medium businesses that have been the hardest hit by Covid and form the core of many downtowns.

If you are interested in listening to, or participating in, the public comment period at the next WSBCC meeting on Nov. 19 at 10:00 am, use this Zoom link to join. (See Agenda). 
3 Comments
Westin Mick link
11/15/2021 09:16:15 am

Banning natural gas and requiring electric is not only stupid, but NOT cost effective. They call in "natural" for a reason. it is less expensive and more efficient than electric. Natural gas is not something man made, like electricity. We should be expanding and using more of it.

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Wendy Robbins
11/15/2021 11:20:35 am

Let me get this straight. We want to remove dams that generate electricity while restricting commercial businesses and transportation to electric only. This is the most absurd idea ever and clearly demonstrates a lack of strategic planning by WA State. We already suffered blackouts in Summer of 2021 due to overloading (according to the announcements) and now you want to substantially increase the load while removing the sources.
All of this will of course result in increased power costs which further hurts businesses and passes on higher costs to consumers. All of this happening while many people are losing their jobs and being denied unemployment benefits.
No, just no. This is horrible, short-sighted, non-strategic planning at best. No.

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Genieknows gas link
9/29/2022 07:19:53 am

Help me to choose gas service for home and office..

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