SACRAMENTO, CA-GlobeSt.com has learned that enforcement ofCalifornia's commercial-building energy-disclosurelaw, AB 1103, has been delayeduntil September 1. The law was originally set to go into effectJuly 1.

As GlobeSt.com reported earlier this month, the new law requirescommercial-building owners to disclose a building's historicalenergy usage prior to selling,leasing, or financing the asset.Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed AB 1103 intolaw in 2007, and the implementation of the law has been postponedseveral times. The California EnergyCommission postponed implementation to consider a hostof concerns from the real estate industry. The key element tothe law is getting the data efficiently from the utility companies,and the California Energy Commission has worked with the utilitiesto make this process easy and automated.

Also as GlobeSt.com reported earlier this month, the law willimpose requirements on property owners and brokers once it takeseffect, but early planning can go a long way toward easing thegrowing pains predicted for each, said ElizabethWatson, a partner in the Los Angeles law firmGreenberg Glusker, who spoke at the recentAIR Commercial Real Estate Association seminarseries in Orange, CA.