Sec. 1413. Use of energy and water efficiency measures in Federal buildings
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Congress finds the following: Performance contracting is a private financing tool with guaranteed energy savings and has been used by the Federal Government for nearly 30 years. Energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contacts allow the Government to invest in infrastructure using private sector financing and expertise, with a guarantee of results. Use of performance contracting has saved the Government and taxpayers more than $18,000,000,000. By law, performance contracts are guaranteed to provide savings to Federal agencies.
On average, performance contracts achieve savings in excess of the contractual and statutory guarantee. In a fiscally constrained environment, performance contracting helps to address the Federal Government’s backlog of maintenance and supplement scarce operations and maintenance dollars. The House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Office of Management and Budget have all acted to recognize the value of performance contracts by providing distinct budgetary consideration of them; in the 115th Congress, the House of Representatives included section 5109 in H.
Con. Res. 71 to enable the greater use of performance contracting and to recognize their full cost savings benefits. Federal agencies are not taking full advantage of the cost-effective energy efficiency measures that are available and documented. Using performance contracts to carry out such energy efficiency measures would benefit taxpayers, the economy, and the environment. Section 548(b) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8258(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (3), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the status of the energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts of each agency, to the extent that the information is not duplicative of information provided to the Secretary under a separate authority; the quantity and investment value of the contracts for the previous year; the guaranteed energy savings, or for contracts without a guarantee, the estimated energy savings, for the previous year, as compared to the measured energy savings for the previous year; a forecast of the estimated quantity and investment value of contracts anticipated in the following year for each agency; and a comparison of the information described in subparagraph
(B)and the forecast described in subparagraph
(D)in the report of the previous year; and if applicable, the reasons for any differences in the data compared under clause (i). .
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Use of energy and water efficiency measures in Federal buildings
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