D.C. Act 26-4. Climate Commitment Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2025.
AN ACT
To amend, on an emergency basis, the District Department of the Environment Establishment Act of 2005 to clarify that the restriction on installing fossil fuel-burning systems shall not apply to the replacement of components of existing space- or water-heating appliances that rely on the combustion of natural gas, oil, or other fossil fuels.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Climate Commitment Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2025".
Sec. 2. Section 109e of the District Department of the Environment Establishment Act of 2005, effective September 21, 2022 (D.C. Law 24-176; D.C. Official Code § 8-151.09e), is amended as follows:
(a) The section heading is amended by striking the phrase "and appliances by" and inserting the phrase "and systems by" in its place.
(b) Subsection (a) is amended as follows:
(1) Designate the existing text as paragraph (1).
(2) Paragraph (1) is amended as follows:
(A) Strike the phrase "water-heating appliances that" and insert the phrase "water-heating systems that" in its place.
(B) Strike the phrase "the appliance, except" and insert the phrase "the system, except" in its place.
(3) A new paragraph (2) is added to read as follows:
"(2) This subsection shall not apply to the replacement of components of existing space- or water-heating appliances that rely on the combustion of natural gas, oil, or other fossil fuels at the site of the system.".
Sec. 3. Applicability.
This act shall apply as of January 1, 2025.
Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a).
Sec. 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.12(a)).
