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9-500.36 - Prohibition on requirement of energy measuring and reporting; state preemption
9-500.36. Prohibition on requirement of energy measuring and reporting; state preemption
A. A city or town may not require an owner, operator or tenant of a business, commercial building or multifamily housing property to measure and report energy usage and consumption, including energy consumption benchmarking and building facility energy efficiency audits.
B. The regulation of an owner, operator or tenant of a business, commercial building or multifamily housing property relating to measuring and reporting energy usage and consumption is a matter of statewide concern. The regulation of measuring and reporting energy usage and consumption by an owner, operator or tenant of a business, commercial building or multifamily housing property pursuant to this section are not subject to further regulation by a city or town.
C. This section does not prohibit a city or town that operates an electric or gas utility from metering or otherwise measuring and reading energy deliveries, usage and consumption in the course of providing public utility service to businesses, commercial buildings and multifamily housing properties.