1278-S2 AMH HUDG LIPS 334

2SHB 1278 - H AMD TO H AMD (H-3737.2/16) 650

By Representative Hudgins

    On page 4, line 30, after "account." insert "A proprietor must identify a building with one or two associated utility accounts, and must notify the department that it should withhold from publishing unaggregated benchmarking or energy use information related to the building and associated utility accounts."

    On page 5, beginning on line 1, after "(ii)" strike all material through "or" on line 5 and insert "Benchmarking or energy use information for a building with one or two utility customers is proprietary commercial activity and must be aggregated sufficiently to eliminate any adverse effects to the competitive position of a building occupant or harm to"

    On page 10, beginning on line 2, after "proprietor." strike all material through "act." on line 5

EFFECT:  Establishes an automatic presumption that building energy use information for buildings with one or two utility accounts is proprietary commercial activity and must be aggregated by the Department of Commerce prior to publication sufficiently to eliminate adverse effects to a business's competitive position or harm to public interest.

--- END ---