Exemptions

As a home seller, you may be exempt from ECAD disclosure requirements if you meet one or more of the following conditions:

General Exemptions

• Your home is outside of the Austin city limits.
• Your property does not receive electric service from Austin Energy.
• Your home is less than 10 years old at the time of sale.

Energy Efficiency Improvements through Austin Energy 

• You have made qualifying energy efficiency improvements through the following Austin Energy programs within the last 10 years:

• Home Energy Savings (formerly Home Performance with ENERGY STAR), a whole-home energy efficiency program
• Rebates and Incentives, through which you made three or more energy efficiency improvements or received a minimum of $500 in residential energy efficiency upgrade rebates (excludes Austin Water conservation, Austin Resource Recovery, solar installation, and other City of Austin rebates)
• Weatherization Assistance available for customers with low-to-moderate incomes

To obtain documentation of improvements made to your home through these programs, or to get your ECAD status, email ECAD or call 512-482-5346.

When you email us to obtain your home's documentation of improvements, please include the home's address and your Austin Energy Electric account number.

Manufactured Homes

• You have a manufactured home built on a permanent chassis and designed for use without a permanent foundation.

Certain Ownership Changes or Title Transfers

• Your home changes ownership and the transfer of the title occurs under one of the following:
  • Foreclosure sale, trustee's sale, or deed in lieu of foreclosure
  • Pre-foreclosure sale in which the seller reached an agreement with the mortgage holder to sell the property for an amount less than the amount owed on the mortgage
  • Threat or exercise of eminent domain
  • Gift from one family member to another family member without consideration
  • Court order or probate proceedings
  • Decree of legal separation or dissolution of marriage or property settlement agreement incidental to such a decree

Variances

Check eligibility for ECAD variances

Contact Us

Please email ECAD or call 512-482-5346 if you have any questions or need additional information about the ECAD ordinance.