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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 472 (Introduced in House) — To reduce Federal expenditures associated with data center real estate and electricity consumption, to implement savi... · Sec. 14

Sec. 14. Advanced metering best practices for advanced metering

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Section 543(e) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8253(e) ) is amended by striking paragraph
(3)and inserting the following: Not later than 180 days after the date on which guidelines are established under paragraph (2), in a report submitted by the agency under section 548(a), each agency shall submit to the Secretary a plan describing the manner in which the agency will implement the requirements of paragraph (1), including— how the agency will designate personnel primarily responsible for achieving the requirements; and a demonstration by the agency, complete with documentation, of any finding that advanced meters or advanced metering devices (as those terms are used in paragraph (1)), are not practicable. Reports submitted under subparagraph
(A)shall be updated annually. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Federal Cost Reduction Act of 2013 , the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of General Services, shall develop, and issue a report on, best practices for the use of advanced metering of energy use in Federal facilities, buildings, and equipment by Federal agencies. The report described under subparagraph
(A)shall be updated annually. The report shall include, at a minimum— summaries and analysis of the reports by agencies under paragraph (3); recommendations on standard requirements or guidelines for automated energy management systems, including— potential common communications standards to allow data sharing and reporting; means of facilitating continuous commissioning of buildings and evidence-based maintenance of buildings and building systems; and standards for sufficient levels of security and protection against cyber threats to ensure systems cannot be controlled by unauthorized persons; and an analysis of— the types of advanced metering and monitoring systems being piloted, tested, or installed in Federal buildings; and existing techniques used within the private sector or other non-Federal government buildings. .
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