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7 Travis M. Seegmiller
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9 LONG TITLE
10 General Description:
11 This bill requires state facilities to provide utility information to the Division of
12 Facilities Construction and Management.
13 Highlighted Provisions:
14 This bill:
15 ▸ describes the utility information required and the division's uses of that information;
16 ▸ sets a deadline for providing the utility information to the division; and
17 ▸ makes technical changes.
18 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
19 None
20 Other Special Clauses:
21 None
22 Utah Code Sections Affected:
23 AMENDS:
24 63A-5b-1002, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 152
25 ENACTS:
26 63A-5b-1004, Utah Code Annotated 1953
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28 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
29 Section 1. Section 63A-5b-1002 is amended to read:
30 63A-5b-1002. State Building Energy Efficiency Program.
31 (1) The division shall:
32 (a) develop and administer the energy efficiency program, which shall include
33 guidelines and procedures to improve energy efficiency in the maintenance and management of
34 state facilities;
35 (b) provide information and assistance to agencies in [
36 improve energy efficiency in state facilities;
37 (c) analyze energy consumption by agencies to identify opportunities for improved
38 energy efficiency;
39 (d) establish an advisory group composed of representatives of agencies to provide
40 information and assistance in the development and implementation of the energy efficiency
41 program; and
42 (e) submit to the governor and to the Infrastructure and General Government
43 Appropriations Subcommittee of the Legislature an annual report that:
44 (i) identifies strategies for long-term improvement in energy efficiency;
45 (ii) identifies goals for energy conservation for the upcoming year; and
46 (iii) details energy management programs and strategies that were undertaken in the
47 previous year to improve the energy efficiency of agencies and the energy savings achieved.
48 (2) Each agency shall:
49 (a) designate a staff member that is responsible for coordinating energy efficiency
50 efforts within the agency with assistance from the division;
51 (b) provide energy consumption and costs information to the division;
52 (c) develop strategies for improving energy efficiency and reducing energy costs; and
53 (d) provide the division with information regarding the agency's energy efficiency and
54 reduction strategies.
55 (3) (a) An agency may enter into a performance efficiency agreement for a term of up to
56 20 years.
57 (b) Before entering into a performance efficiency agreement, the agency shall:
58 (i) utilize the division to oversee the project unless the project is exempt from the
59 division's oversight or the oversight is delegated to the agency under the provisions of Section
60 63A-5b-701;
61 (ii) obtain the prior approval of the governor or the governor's designee; and
62 (iii) provide the Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst with a copy of the proposed
63 agreement before the agency enters into the agreement.
64 (4) An agency may consult with the energy efficiency program manager within the
65 division regarding:
66 (a) the cost effectiveness of energy efficiency measures; and
67 (b) ways to measure energy savings that take into account fluctuations in energy costs
68 and temperature.
69 (5) (a) Except as provided under Subsection (5)[
70 constraints, the Legislature may not remove energy savings from an agency's appropriation.
71 (b) An agency shall use energy savings to:
72 (i) fund the cost of the energy efficiency measures; and
73 (ii) if funds are available after meeting the requirements of Subsection (5)(b)(i), fund
74 and implement new energy efficiency measures.
75 (c) The Legislature may remove energy savings if:
76 (i) an agency has complied with Subsection (5)(b)(i); and
77 (ii) no new cost-effective energy efficiency measure is available for implementation.
78 Section 2. Section 63A-5b-1004 is enacted to read:
79 63A-5b-1004. State facility energy efficiency data.
80 (1) On or before July 1, 2022, each state facility shall submit to the division, or verify
81 that the division already collects, the utility information for the state facility's utilities for each
82 month, beginning with May 2021 and ending with May 2022.
83 (2) A state facility shall submit the utility information described in Subsection (1):
84 (a) in a format approved by the division;
85 (b) for each location that the state facility uses; and
86 (c) for each of the following utilities that the state facility uses:
87 (i) water;
88 (ii) electric; and
89 (iii) natural gas.
90 (3) The division shall use the information received in accordance with this section to
91 identify opportunities for increased energy efficiency at each state facility.
92 (4) Once the division has identified an energy efficiency project for a state facility, the
93 staff of the state facility shall assist the division in completing the identified project.