
CEC moves to certify 2025 Energy Code as meeting federal residential standards
Commission materials say California must certify by Dec. 30 that the code meets or exceeds the 2024 IECC for residential buildings.


Commission materials say California must certify by Dec. 30 that the code meets or exceeds the 2024 IECC for residential buildings.

Sept. 9 meeting materials link a residential certification finding, CBECC 2025.3.0 and an ACM manual update, all tied to California’s 2025 Energy Code.

The Aug. 11 board meeting broadened a Lower Redway tree-protection fight into a countywide ordinance push, with staff also asked to return with a temporary moratorium proposal.

The City Council’s Sept. 1 agenda includes Bill No. 1061-C.S., an urgency ordinance moratorium on data centers, but the agenda does not show what happened at the meeting.

The board tied the Sept. 1 rate change to a $26 million cash-reserve minimum as it warned of PCIA pressure and market volatility.

The Planning Commission did not decide the McKinleyville tower proposal, instead asking for stronger side-by-side material on the Lily Road site and the Letts Avenue alternative.

The board unanimously approved a zone reclassification for about 750 acres in the Rio del Ferndale/Ferndale area, shifting the land to Timberland Production Zone and citing a modest drop in annual property-tax revenue.

The board unanimously approved amendments to coastal zoning rules and repealed a prior ordinance to align county regulations with Coastal Commission requirements.

The board approved changes to its code of conduct and ethics rules and repealed Resolution No. 22-44 after debating whether complaints should go first to county staff or outside counsel.

The board unanimously sustained the superintendent’s decision after a closed-session appeal tied to a challenge to student records.

The Aug. 27 meeting moved Redwood Coast Energy Authority’s public-power discussion into a formal board study session, with staff and commenters pressing questions about PCIA, load growth, resiliency and what a future local service structure could look like.

County Counsel reported the board’s closed-session action after the Sept. 1 meeting, while the agenda showed the litigation was formally before supervisors.

A special meeting agenda and minutes show the council negotiated with three counterparties over the River Lodge Conference Center before returning to open session with no reportable action.

The commission unanimously voted to rewrite its General Rate Case Plan, a framework officials said has not been comprehensively updated since 2007.

The Humboldt Bay Harbor District is set to consider a contract with the Northern California Indian Development Council for tribal engagement tied to planning for the offshore wind heavy lift marine terminal.

The commission voted 5-0 to approve an alternate decision that narrows PG&E’s capital-structure treatment while keeping wildfire-related costs in scope for regulators.

The board’s Sept. 9 meeting agenda includes a public hearing on instructional materials, a related resolution and an action item to set the superintendent’s 2026-27 salary.

The Sept. 8 agenda includes Ordinance 2026-788, which would add a new chapter to the city code regulating massage establishments.

The Sept. 8 draft agenda includes proposed new reading and math curricula, handbook updates, an LCAP revision and an ELOP-linked classified pay schedule change.

Late-night testimony on Aug. 30 described SB 187 as a budget bill with a $70 million dialysis program, child care reporting changes and a specialized LGBTQ+ suicide prevention line process.

SB 492 would speed payments to wildfire survivors, preserve the right to sue and curb hedge-fund and private-equity purchases of claims, Sen. Becker said at an Aug. 31 hearing.

The committee voted 9-1 to concur in Senate amendments on the election-security bill, which would criminalize seizure of ballots, election records and certified voting technology before results are certified.

The Assembly concurred in SB 344 on a 61-2 vote, moving forward a project-specific environmental measure for the San Diego development amid debate over housing and CEQA.

The committee approved SB 1228 on a due-pass recommendation after hearing support from AEG and objections tied to the bill’s pairing with AB 2717.