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- BUILD Program Guidelines Second Edition, Publication #CEC-300-2024-022 (Adopted, February 12, 2025)
- Notice of Availability of the Proposed Final BUILD Program Guidelines, Second Edition and Notice of Proposed Adoption.
- Notice of Availability and Opportunity to Comment on the BUILD Draft Guidelines, Second Edition – Comment response deadline is December 3, 2024
- Notice of Availability and Proposed Final BUILD Guidelines (Revised) – To be presented at the February 16, 2022, Business Meeting (*Please note all proposed guideline revisions are summarized in the Notice of Availability).
- Notice of Availability and Request for Comments for the Proposed Final BUILD Guidelines - Comment response deadline is January 31, 2022.
- BUILD Draft Program Guidelines Public Comment Period requires comment submittals to the BUILD Docket by 5:00 PM on December 15, 2021 at Submit e-Comment (20-DECARB-01)
- October 25, 2021: BUILD Program Technical Assistance Provider Contract approved
- September 15, 2021: BUILD Program’s Preliminary Program Design
Senate Bill 1477 (Stern, Chapter 378, Statutes 2018), authorizes the Building Initiative for Low Emissions Development (BUILD) Program.
Senate Bill 1477 (Stern, Chapter 378, Statutes 2018) directed the establishment of two building decarbonization initiatives and charged the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for implementation, upon which the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) initiated Rulemaking R-19-01-011 in January 2019. During the rulemaking, staff from the CPUC and the California Energy Commission (CEC) recommended in a joint Staff Proposal the CEC as administrator for the Building Initiative for Low-Emissions Development (BUILD) Program.
On March 26, 2020, the CPUC adopted Decision D. 20-03-027 for the creation of two new pilot programs: the BUILD Program, to be administered by the CEC and provide incentives for the deployment of near-zero-emission building technologies in new low-income residential housing, and the Technology and Equipment for Clean Heating (TECH) Initiative, to be administered by Southern California Edison. The CPUC oversees both programs.
In September 2020, CEC Staff submitted the BUILD Program Implementation Plan (revised) to the CPUC. The Implementation Plan outlined program design on eligibility, incentive structure, criteria for scoring and selecting projects, eligible technologies and process for evaluating new technologies, bill savings methodology, technical assistance, and outreach. On April 15, 2021, CPUC Resolution E-5116 approved the CEC’s BUILD Program Implementation Plan and established the submission process for the BUILD Program Guidelines to the CPUC. The latest version of the BUILD Program Implementation Plan, the BUILD Implementation Plan – 2024 Update is now available.
On September 15, 2021, CEC staff introduced a preliminary program design for stakeholder feedback. Subsequently, Draft Program Guidelines were developed and made available to the public on December 1, 2021. After the consideration of stakeholder comments, Final Proposed Guidelines were provided to the public for additional feedback. The Final Guidelines, First Edition, were approved by the CEC on February 16, 2022 and approved by the CPUC on February 28, 2022, in accordance with the process specified in CPUC Resolution E-5116.
After over a year of program implementation, CEC staff began developing the BUILD Program Guidelines, Second Edition based on stakeholder feedback and program need. The guideline revisions focus primarily on increasing participation, accommodating projects in jurisdictions without virtual net energy metering, ensuring incentive calculation accuracy and updating equipment requirements to align with 2022 Energy Code and industry trends. By November 14, 2025, the Notice of Availability for the Draft Program Guidelines, Second Edition were posted to the docket. On November 19, 2024, CEC hosted a public workshop to present the Draft Program Guidelines, Second Edition for review and comment. Based on additional feedback the Proposed Final BUILD Program Guidelines, Second Edition were adopted by the CEC on February 12, 2025, and approved by the CPUC on March 10, 2025.
- February 14, 2025, Business Meeting:
- BUILD Program Guidelines, Second Edition (Adopted, February 12, 2025)
- Notice of Availability of the Proposed Final BUILD Program Guidelines, Second Edition and Notice of Proposed Adoption
- Notice of Availability and Opportunity to Comment on the BUILD Draft Guidelines, Second Edition
- Notice of Availability and Request for Public Comment for Building Initiative for Low-Emissions Development (BUILD) Program Implementation Plan – 2024 Update
- February 16, 2022, Business Meeting:
- Notice of Availability
- BUILD Program Proposed Final Guidelines- 1st Edition (Revised) Publication # CEC-300-2022-001-F (*Please note all proposed guideline revisions are summarized in the Notice of Availability)
- Notice of Availability and Request for Comments for the BUILD Proposed Final Guidelines 1st Edition
- Notice of Availability and Request for Comments for the BUILD Draft Program Guidelines 1st Edition
- Notice of Availability & Request for Comments on Opinion Dynamics' Proposed Evaluation Measurement and Verification Requirements
December 6, 2021
September 15, 2021
September 29, 2020
- Notice of Availability
- Building Initiative for Low-Emissions Development (BUILD) Program (Revised September 2020) Publication # CEC-300-2020-010-REV
July 24, 2020
- Notice of Availability and Request for Comments
- Building Initiative for Low-Emissions Development (BUILD) Program Publication # CEC-300-2020-010