Legislators want to block rules for more energy efficient homes until 2031

By David Boraks · WFAE

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North Carolina legislators are attempting to block updated energy efficiency building codes until 2031, despite the state Building Code Council's proposal to modernize standards. Stephen Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy argues that energy efficiency is the most cost-effective energy resource, while homebuilders oppose the changes citing increased construction costs.

Energy efficiency is the least-cost energy resource. Increasing energy efficiency basically reduces the total investments that the utilities have to make, making it the cheapest way to meet energy needs for customers. And from an environmental perspective, we always talk about the electron that you do not use is the greenest electron.
Stephen A. Smith

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