The Passing of H.740 by the Vermont House and Senate
“The FY23 budget as voted by the Committee of Conference appropriates a total of $8.3 billion to meet the ongoing costs of operating state government and to make transformative
investments in Vermont’s infrastructure, including human capital, from federal funds available from the America Rescue Plan Act. The budget is balanced and includes priorities to allow
Vermont to continue to emerge from the pandemic in the strongest position possible.” The spending bill, which has not been signed off by the Governor yet, sets aside $80 million for
weatherization, $60 million for electrification initiatives, and $45 million in energy efficiency grants for towns.
A link to the H.740 Summary and Governors Legislative Sessions Blog can be found below:
https://governor.vermont.gov/governor-scotts-blog/action-taken-governor-scott-bills-during-2022-legislative-session
By One Vote, House Fails to Override Veto of the Clean Heat Standard (As reported by Emma Cotton – VTDigger May 10)
“By a single vote, Vermont’s House of Representatives has sent the state’s largest climate bill back to the drawing board, failing to override Gov. Phil Scott’s veto. It was the House’s second
unsuccessful veto override on Tuesday, after it failed to resurrect legislation that would bar “evictions without cause” in Burlington.”
The “Clean Heat Standard” bill H.715 was created to reduce emissions within the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions from building heating systems fall second
to the transportation sector. See below for a link to the full article and to associated bill:
https://vtdigger.org/2022/05/10/by-one-vote-house-fails-to-override-veto-of-the-clean-heatstandard/
Government Affairs Updates (as reported by ASHRAE.org, partial topics listing)
· ASHRAE Presidential Member Kent Peterson Co-Chairing Federal Building Decarbonization Task Group
· NOAA Releases 2021 Climate Report
· DOE Issues a Request for Comment Pertaining to Standards for Manufactured Housing
For detailed information on the above topics, visit the ASHRAE Government Affairs Update
website page at:
https://www.magnetmail.net/Actions/email_web_version.cfm?publish=newsletter&user_id=ASHRAE&message_id=21295483
Greg Deutscher
GAC Committee Member