Authorizing the state corporation commission to make recommendations regarding energy efficiency standards for buildings.

SB 170 authorizes Kansas' State Corporation Commission to recommend energy efficiency standards for residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. The bill amends existing law to clarify that while the Commission may make such recommendations, it cannot adopt or enforce these standards itself. It maintains the current requirement that the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) applies to new commercial and industrial structures. Local cities or counties retain the authority to set their own energy efficiency standards within their jurisdictions.