Lawmakers want Baker to move faster on new code for green buildings

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Local governments could ban new gas and oil hookups in new construction. A key step for this is an energy code that has to be in place by the end of 2022. Legislative leaders question the governor's progress on drafting it.

Frustrated with what they see as foot-dragging from the Baker administration, lawmakers heard testimony Wednesday

The law requires the Baker administration produce a draft of this"stretch" energy code by the end of 2022, but legislators said they were expecting one sooner. An administration spokesperson said they plan to produce the new proposals well before the December 2022 deadline. Arlington Town Manager Adam Chapdelaine said he is"deeply concerned" that the final stretch code"will fall far short of meeting the challenges before us."

 

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