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                                           AN ACT

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                   IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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To amend, on an emergency basis, the CleanEnergy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018 to

      revise the timeline for phase-in of smaller buildings into the Building Energy

      Performance Standards Program implemented by the Department of Energy and

      Environment, to require the Department of Energy and Environment to establish new

      building energy performance standards every 6 years instead of every 5 years, to clarify

      language requiring buildings to comply with the building energy performance standards,

      to provide that the strategic energy management plan for District buildings shall be

      delivered by January 1, 2022, and to require that vehicle-for-hire companies submit

      greenhouse gas emission reduction plans to the Department of Energy and Environment;

      to amend the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925 to provide that changes to the

      vehicle excise tax shall be revenue neutral or revenue positive; and to amend the Retail

      Electric Competition and Consumer Protection Act of 1999 to provide that a community

      renewable energy facility may update its subscribers no more frequently than once per

      month.

       BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this

act may be cited as the CleanEnergy DC Omnibus Technical Amendment Emergency

Amendment Act of 2022.

        Sec. 2. The CleanEnergy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018, effective March 22,

2019 (D.C. Law 22-257; 66 DCR 1344), is amended as follows:

        (a) Section 301 (D.C. Official Code  8-1772.21) is amended as follows:

                (1) Subsection (a) is amended as follows:

                       (A) Paragraph (2) is amended by striking the phrase January 1, 2023 and

inserting the phrase January 1, 2027 in its place.

                       (B) Paragraph (3) is amended by striking the phrase January 1, 2026 and

inserting the phrase January 1, 2033 in its place.

                (2) Subsection (b)(1)(A) is amended to read as follows:

        (b)(1)(A) No later than January 1, 2021, and every 6 years thereafter, DOEE shall, by

rulemaking or publication on the DOEE website, establish property types and building energy

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performance standards for each property type, or an equivalent metric for buildings that do not

receive an ENERGY STAR score..

                (3) Subsection (c) is amended to read as follows:

        (c) All buildings below the energy performance standard for their property type,

established pursuant to subsection (b)(1) and (2) of this section, shall have 5 years from the date

the performance standards are established to meet the building energy performance requirements

established by DOEE..

        (b) The lead-in language in section 303 (D.C. Official Code  8-1772.22) is amended by

striking the phrase January 1, 2021 and inserting the phrase January 1, 2022" in its place.

        (c) Section 502(e)(2) (D.C. Official Code  50-741(e)(2)) is amended by striking the

phrase Public Service Commission and to the chairperson of the Council committee with

oversight of the Public Service Commission and inserting the phrase Department of Energy

and Environment (DOEE) and to the chairperson of the Council committee with oversight of

DOEE in its place.

        Sec. 3. Section 6(j)(1A)(E) of the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925, approved

March 3, 1925 (43 Stat. 1121; D.C. Official Code  50-2201.03(j)(1A)(E)), is amended to read

as follows:

                       (E) Changes to the vehicle excise tax made pursuant to this paragraph

shall be revenue neutral or revenue positive..

       Sec. 4. Section 118a(g) of the Retail Electric Competition and Consumer Protection Act

of 1999, effective December 13, 2013 (D.C. Law 20-47; D.C. Official Code  34-1518.01(g)), is

amended by striking the phrase quarter. Each quarter and inserting the phrase month. Each

month in its place.

       Sec. 5. Fiscal impact statement.

       The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact

statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved

October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code  1-301.47a).

       Sec. 6. Effective date.

       This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the

Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than

90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section

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412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788;

D.C. Official Code  1-204.12(a)).

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              Chairman

              Council of the District of Columbia

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Mayor

District of Columbia

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