Home Energy Performance Score Stakeholder Panel to hold third meeting on December 15

SALEM — The Home Energy Performance Score Stakeholder Panel will meet for the third time on Monday, December 15 in Portland. The public meeting starts at 9 a.m. at the Portland State Office Building, 800 NE Oregon St.

The panel was created after recent Oregon Department of Energy rulemaking on home energy performance scores as directed by House Bill 2801, passed in 2013. Several participants in the ODOE’s rulemaking effort expressed interest in working collaboratively toward greater market standardization.

At Monday’s meeting, the panel will review and approve its charter, and review the three “grandfathered” energy performance score systems. Ultimately, the stakeholder panel will recommend to the department’s director which home energy performance score systems to approve for use in Oregon beyond 2015.

A complete agenda for the meeting is on the department’s website: http://www.oregon.gov/energy/RESIDENTIAL/Pages/HEPS-system-stakeholder-panel.aspx. For those wishing to access the meeting remotely, please call 1-877-336-1831 and use participant code 872206.

To request an interpreter for the hearing-impaired or for other accommodations, please contact Linda Ross at 503-378-6874 or via fax at 503-373-7806. TTY users should call the Oregon Relay Service at 711.

About the Oregon Department of Energy: The Oregon Department of Energy reduces the long-term costs of energy for Oregonians. It provides tax credits, grants, loans, technical assistance and energy information for homeowners, businesses, manufacturers, farms, ranches, schools and governments.