HI HB1249

Requires disclosure of typical monthly operating costs to potential buyers of all new homes using standards established by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Directs the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to convene a working group comprising the Public Utilities Commission, concerned citizens, affected businesses, and energy-related industries to develop strategies for maximizing residential energy efficiency.

Tasks the working group with recommending building and energy codes to ensure new single-family residential construction maximizes cost-effective energy-efficiency opportunities, defined as reaching efficiency levels where adding on-site energy generation becomes more cost-effective than further increasing efficiency.

Requires the working group to submit a progress report to the legislature no later than twenty days before the 2018 regular session and present recommendations to the State Building Code Council by January 31, 2018.

The working group terminates on June 30, 2018, and the bill's requirements take effect on July 1, 2030.