Judge rejects attempt to delay building code update with new heat pump rules

[dutch777]

1. While it will take years to meaningfully move the needle from gas to electricity, was power plant capacity analyzed?

I suspect this provision is really in the energy code rather than the building code but the result is the same. And I know WA state gets a significant but also relatively finite amount of its power from hydro electric dams. Some of these have been decommissioned in the last decade to restore salmon and other native species habitat. This concern is added to with push to electric cars. While solar and wind, and maybe geothermal generation given WA's volcanic substrate, can provide some increased power generation, I do hope someone is doing the math and the long range planning that will make all these great ideas workable and affordable and truly green in the total picture.