Slc Fades, Then Passes, Energy Ordinance After Mormon Church Complains About Public Reporting

Salt Lake City officials have toned down plans to tune up energy-inefficient buildings after pressure from legislators, business leaders and a real estate arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The capital’s Sustainability Department on Tuesday presented the City Council with an updated and scaled-back version of a proposed ordinance that council members had tabled in January. The earlier version would have required owners of buildings larger than 25,000 square feet to report th...