EPIC Helping City of Encinitas Develop Energy Efficiency Policies

The Energy Policy Initiatives Center (EPIC), at the University of San Diego School of Law, will provide policy and technical support to the City of Encinitas as it implements its Climate Action Plan. This project is funded by the Emerging Cities Program, a ratepayer-funded program administered by SDG&E that supports local government initiatives to advance energy efficiency in their facilities and communities.

“We are pleased to be working with the City of Encinitas again.” Scott Anders, EPIC Director. “Having worked with City staff to develop their Climate Action Plan, we are excited to be involved in the implementation process. The types of energy policies that the City of Encinitas is developing in this project are important components to the overall strategy to reach their emissions targets.”

EPIC will research energy efficiency ordinances in other local jurisdictions, evaluate develop ordinance language, and conduct a cost analysis of the ordinances to determine whether they are cost effective. One of the ordinances would extend new building energy requirements beyond current building codes – a so-called reach code – and would require approval by the California Energy Commission (CEC). EPIC will help City staff develop and submit the materials required for CEC approval.

For more information about work like this, see the EPIC website.

About EPIC

The Energy Policy Initiatives Center (EPIC) is a non-profit academic and research center of the University of San Diego School of Law that studies energy policy issues affecting the San Diego region and California. EPIC integrates research and analysis, law school study, and public education, and serves as a source of legal and policy expertise and information in the development of sustainable solutions that meet our future energy needs.

About the University of San Diego School of Law

The University of San Diego (USD) School of Law is recognized for the excellence of its faculty, depth of its curriculum, and strength of its clinical programs. Each year, USD educates approximately 800 Juris Doctor and graduate law students from throughout the United States and around the world. The law school is best known for its offerings in the areas of business and corporate law, constitutional law, intellectual property, international and comparative law, public interest and taxation.

USD School of Law is one of the 84 law schools elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates. The law school’s faculty is a strong group of outstanding scholars and teachers with national and international reputations and currently ranks 35th nationally and 6th on the West Coast among U.S. law faculties in scholarly impact and 24th nationally and 6th on the West Coast in all-time faculty downloads on the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN). The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.

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