California Can’t Wait on All-Electric New Building Code - Rocky Mountain Institute

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has an opportunity to demonstrate this leadership over the next several months with the 2022 building energy code cycle, which could require all-electric new construction statewide. Acting today will have far-reaching benefits—and conversely, the costs of missing this cycle are significant. According to RMI analysis, delaying the code update until the next cycle would result in an additional three million tons of carbon emissions by 2030—the equivalent of putting 650,000 more cars on the road for a year. The CEC should require all-electric new construction in the upcoming code cycle to help achieve California’s climate, health, and economic goals.