Authorities Having Jurisdiction

Authorities Having Jurisdiction

Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) are governmental or non-governmental entities responsible for enforcing building codes, fire codes, and other regulations in a given jurisdiction. These entities can have a significant impact on your project. You may want to circle back to your Stakeholder Register to see if you’ve covered the important AHJ’s in that document. The AHJs we will be covering in this lesson have mostly to do with the regulation of the various functions of the energy business. There are other AHJs that are important like environmental regulators, taxing authorities and zoning boards, but these AHJs are outside the scope of EME801.