50x30 BE DOCUMENT LIBRARY (2022-2024)
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2023 NJ 50X30 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2024 NJ 50x30 OBJECTIVES
EXECUTIVE ORDERS (related to Building Electrification) ISSUED BY GOV. MURPHY
See 9/30/21 letter to Gov. Murphy which led to 11/10/2021establishing NJ GOAL of 50 GHG reduction by 2030 (50x30)
Buildings are the 2nd greatest Green House Gas (GHG) source in NJ (26% in NJ). Learn to reduce your house GHG to Net Zero.
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2022
PROPOSED LEGISLATION
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2022-7-13 Amendments to Zero Energy Construction Act A1440 (awaiting final definitions - see Zero Energy Appendix for the 2021 IECC) An earlier draft amended bill was presented and discussed with NJ Assemblyman Kennedy, sponsor of A1440. This bill contains detailed NJ construction code to support a launch of NJ Building Electrification, to be enforced by the NJ Division of Code Enforcement, a division within the NJ Dept of Community Affairs. As written, without our proposed amendments, this bill appears to have no support for action in either the Assembly or Senate (identical bill S1170 exists). This more-extensively amended draft bill introduces language which allows NJ cities to enact “stretch” building codes. Cities could then choose to enforce requirements for Zero Energy Buildings. Stronger (than current NJ Uniform Construction Code) statewide or local stretch codes are prohibited under current law.
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2022-7-15 "Building Electrification Act" and explanation, sent 7/15/2022 to NJ Sen Zwicker and his Chief of Staff (email correspondence began May, 2022). Reviewed August, 2022 with NJ Sen Bob Smith, Chair of the Senate Environment COmmittee. The bill received positive reaction. amd semt to Sen. Smith's aide for further consideration. This bill provides necessary instruction to enable NJ BPU (Board of Public Utilities) to launch NJ Building Electrification programs.
LETTERS TO GOV. MURPHY
WEBINARS
- Link to All Building Electrification & Heat Pump Webinars
MAJOR STATE, FEDERAL, AND UN REPORTS
NOTES AND AGENDAS FROM MEETINGS WITH NJ AGENCIES AND NJ LEGISLATORS
- May 10, 2022 meeting Notes, slides; Jennifer Senick (Exec. Dir., Rutgers Center for Green Building (SEE TOPIC, BELOW)- sponsor of NEEP contract with BPU);
slides are nearly same as May 12 and May 19- see May 19 slides; Meeting Notes (online); Erickson Spreadsheet & Miller graphs were emailed to Jennifer at her rquest. SEE RUTGERS
- May 12, 2022 Meeting Notes with BPU (Stacy Richardson
- May 12 meeting with Stacy Ho Richardson, BPU Slides ; Minutes (Participants asked to edit); supporting spreadsheet
- May 18 meeting with Asm. Kennedy: slides: Googleslides ; local deck
- May 19 meeting with DCA slides
- June 8, 2022 Meeting Notes; Slides distributed; Gov. Murphy's Office of Climate Action and the Green Economy -Catherine Klinger, Sr. Policy Advisor, Jane Cohen's office
- June, 2022 NJBPU public hearing on FY2023 budget and projects (testimony by Mike Winka, time stamp 28:20 to 33:40
- June 20, 2022 Comments to NJ BPU FY2023 CRA, Budgets and Program Plans from "NJ 50x30 Building Electrification Team" (from Steve Miller); from Patricia Miller; from Middletown for Clean Energy; from Mike Winka; from Bob Erickson; from...
SLIDE DECKS
REVIEWS, REPORTS, PUBLICATIONS
- 2022-6-3-review with EmpowerNJ slides
- 2022-1-12 Middletown for Clean Energy provided input (written by member Bob Erickson) to the "Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative" Third Program Review. This letter highlighted the Middletown Energy Plan
- Review by Sierra Club Legislative Committee June 6 Agenda ; June6 slides; 2022-July 6 Status report and Steve's July 6 Notes (includes notes from report to July 9 Sierra Club NJ Chapter ExecComm)
- Reports to Sierra Club NJ ExecComm & NJ Shore Group ExecComm:: 2022-3-14 ; 2022-4 ; 2022-5 ; 2022-6-11 and 2022-6-13; verbal short; long form with detail for possible questions ; 2022- July 9 report ; Sept10-NJChapt-short ; Sept12-ShoreGrp ; Oct ; Nov ; Nov (short)
2023:
Jan 9&Jan14, feb ; mar ; apr ;
- Publication in "The Jersey Sierran": Jan-Mar 2022 "Join the 50x30 Team to Meet NJ 2030 Climate Goals", page 15, Steve Miller, Climate Chair of Jersey Shore Group; July-Sept 2022 Electrify Everything to Cut Emissions, Save Money"" (Building Electrification Issues Report, by Steve and Pat Miller); Oct-Dec2022 "Just what Does Building Electrification Mean?", by George Moffatt and Steve Miller, NJ 50x30 Building Electrification Team"; 2022-11-1 "Building Electrification Making Headway in NJ" and as published (Jan-Mar 2023); "Highlights of Recent Buildng Electrificaton Webinars" (published in Apr-June "Jersey Sierran"); "Highlights of Recent Electrification Webinars", page 5, "Jersey Sierran", July-Sept, 2023
- Report to Climate Reality Project 2022-1 ; 2022-2 ; 2022-3 ; 4/5/2022; 5/3/2022 ; 6/3/2022; 7/5/2022 ; 9/6/2022 ;
10/4/2022 flyer ; 10/4-verbal ; 11/1/2022-verbal and newletter ; Dec 13 ; Jan 17, 2023 ; Feb ; March 7 ; Apr 4 ; (existing-not-indexed; 9/5/2023;
- Review with Climate Reality Project legislative team 2022-8-22 slides and email;
- Review by 50x30 Team 9/13/2022 short ; long
Draft V7 Objectives (as of 3/24/2022) Objectives, plus Tactics and Actions supporting the Objectives
MINUTES/ ANNOUNCEMENTS/ CALL TO ACTION
ADMIN POLICY SUBTEAM
LEGISLATIVE SUBTEAM
STATE LEGISLATION
NJ PROPOSED BILLS WHICH PROHIBIT ELECTRIC MANDATE
- **S2671 (similar to A3935) Latest Bill Text; Prohibits electric mandate for space or water heating (sponsor Vin Gopal, D 89%) Introduced 2022-5-16 ; referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee. Prohibits adoption of any State rule or regulation mandating electric heating or water heating systems in buildings, prior to issuance of DCA/DEP/BPU report. This report, to the legislature, of the findings of 6 stakeholder meetings, must be completed within 24 months of bill signing, and recommend legislative and regulatory actions.
- **A3935 (similar to S2671); Latest bill Text; Prohibits electric mandate for space or water heating (sponsored by Rep. Paul Moriarty, D 74%.), introduced 2022-5-12 , and referred to Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee.
- **A2937 (carry forward of S4133); text (sponsor John DiMaio R 39%); introduced Feb 28, 2022; referred to Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee (appears identical to above, except 30 months to report)
- **S4133 Latest Bill Text; (seems identical to new 2022 bills, above); passed by Senate; vote 35-3 on 2022-1-10 (expired at end of previous NJ session); sponsored by 4 Dems (incl Sen. Vin Gopal). Bill concludes: within 30 months of bill signing, the DCA/DEP/BPU must compile data gathered from 6 Stakeholder meetings to recommend legislative and regulatory actions related to greenhouse gas emissions from residential and commercial buildings in the State..
History: 2021-11-12 introduced text; sponsors: Vin Gopal (D 89%); Steven Oroho (R 36%); Paul Sarlo (D 89%); co-sponsors: Ruiz (D 100%), O'Scanlon(R 46%)and Connors (R 39%); ; referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee; 2021-12-20 (Gopal - Senate Amendment (approved 23-0) (percentages are 2021, per NJLCV 2021-9)
- **2022-7-12 "After Blocking Gas Bans in Red States, Fossil Fuel Industry Eyes NJ" byline: "A new bill from a Democratic **
**lawmaker would create obstacles to electrification and give the industry a fresh playbook, advocates say"**
LEGISLATION IN OTHER STATES
FEDERAL BILLS
- S.4139 "HEATR Act" ("Heating Efficiency and Affordability through Tax Relief Act"); Introduced 5/4/2022 by Sen Amy Klobuchar; Sen Cory Booker and others are co-sponsors. $1K tax credit for heat pump manufacturers of Energy Star cold climate heat pumps (& geothermal heat pump); lesser credit for non-cold climate heat pump.. The tax credit is likely to encouarge manufacturers to stop manufacturing standard outdoor A/Cs, and encourage residents and businesses to use their exisitng furnace as low temperature backup for the 6 million central AC units sold in 2021.
CITIES AND STATES WHICH COMMITTED TO BUILDING ELECTRIFICAITON
STATE REBATES/INCENTIVES FOR HEAT PUMPS
BUILDING CODES (covered in https://climate.smiller.org/REF )
RUTGERS CENTER FOR GREEN BUILDING
NJ BUDGET 2022-2023
NY 2019 Climate Act ; Climate Council; Draft Scoping Plan; Scoping Plan Summary (1.jpg thru 13.jpg) ; join email list for events of Renewable Heat Now! 2022-3-16-email ;
SELECT A NJ CITY FOR BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION
- 2022-home rehabitlitation grant up to $25,000, funded by U.S. Dept of Housing and Urban Development
subject to Household Income Limits
- 2022-march30: US DOE released Weatherization Assistance Program funding. this could be applied to whole-home retrofits for low-income housing. See: "Creating a One-Stop shop for Whole-Home Retrofits
- Possible implementation plan for a city: "NYSERDA Stretch to Zero Pilot" See Video from 4:38 to 16:34
- Example: Ithaca, NY. See Video, from ~28:30 to 34:23 "Leading by Example: The City of Ithaca's Comprehensive Green Building Policy"; Slides 10-31 (only the last few slides are used in this section of video)
TALKING POINTS, ANTI-ELECTRIFICATION, GAS DISINFORMATION
TALKING POINTS AGAINST HYDROGEN AND RNG
WEB SITES: CONSUMER INFORMATION MODELS FOR NJ
HEAT PUMPS (links to all references)
BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION SUPPORTING DOCS (links to all references)
PRESENTATIONS, PETITIONS, LETTERS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
WEBINAR; case studies, ...7/12/2022 heat pump water heater by electrifynow.net; video clip (beginning ~22min- installations to avoid; last 3 minutes: heat pump water heater has small effect on overall building heating/cooling performance; slides
MODELING of ENERGY AND EMISSIONS (files are not on-line)
REFERENCES
Over 400 recent 2022, 2023 resources on Heat Pumps and key Building Electrification topics
https://climate.smiller.org/REF/
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