Zoe Grace Explains Energy Benchmarking in 2 Minutes
Channel: Stacey Champion
Date: 2016-01-30

With the nationwide attack on local control, many states, such as Arizona, are trying to thwart cities from enacting any kind of progressive ordinances (voluntary or mandatory) that promote sustainability. 

Energy benchmarking and plastic bag ordinances are just two examples. The GOP led Arizona State Legislature is currently pushing two bills which address these two topics. Though they were passed as law in one bill in the last session, there is a current lawsuit pending which addresses local control among other things. 

Both bills were heard in the AZ House Commerce Committee this past week, and it was glaringly apparent that the majority of members on this committee simply cannot grasp what energy benchmarking is or does, so Zoe and I decided to make a video to simplify it for them. If Zoe who is 9 can understand this, cross your fingers that this will help them understand too. 

And please feel free to read and sign our petition to fight for local control:  https://www.change.org/p/urgent-az-legislators-want-to-take-away-our-local-control-no-on-hb2130-hb2131?recruiter=3300906&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink