[scook]

You answered your own question - the towns are out of control and it’s legalized extortion, similar to Portland on the left coast.

I’m building green certified homes here, partly because I do agree that energy efficiency is good and partly because I pay the local green organization $1400 and get back around $4-5000 in incentives from a local government agency commissioned to encourage energy efficiency. I’m actually getting some of everyone’s “tax dollars at work”. I’m not doing it in the City of Portland because they’re even further over the top with regulations than the surrounding areas.

A “green” government agency does a detailed “energy scoring” analysis of every certified home, but in Portland even if a house is almost new and has that energy score report, when it’s sold, it has to have ANOTHER energy scoring report done at added expense to the seller.

You’re definitely right about it being out of control!