Bill Text: FL S0338 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Energy Efficiency Savings in State Agencies
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government [S0338 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S0338-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 338 By Senator Rodriguez 37-00487-20 2020338__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to energy efficiency savings in state 3 agencies; amending s. 255.257, F.S.; revising the 4 energy consumption information each state agency is 5 required to provide to the Department of Management 6 Services to include transportation fleet energy 7 consumption information; requiring the state energy 8 management plan to include recommendations for state 9 agencies to improve energy efficiency by 10 transitioning, retrofitting, or replacing certain 11 inefficient facilities and fleets; requiring the 12 department, in consultation with the Department of 13 Agriculture and Consumer Services, to develop a 14 formula to calculate the savings to taxpayers as a 15 result of state agencies implementing the 16 recommendations in the state energy management plan; 17 requiring that such savings be used to encourage and 18 fund other energy efficiency and climate change 19 resiliency efforts in this state; making technical 20 changes; providing an effective date. 21 22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23 24 Section 1. Section 255.257, Florida Statutes, is amended to 25 read: 26 255.257 Energy management; buildings occupied by state 27 agencies.— 28 (1) ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND COST DATA.—Each state agency 29 shall collect data on energy consumption and cost for all state 30 owned facilities,andmetered state-leased facilities, and state 31 transportation fleets. SuchThesedata will be used in the 32 computation of the effectiveness of the state energy management 33 plan and the effectiveness of the energy management program of 34 each of the state agencies. Each state agency shall report the 35 collected datashall be reportedannually to the department in a 36 format prescribed by the department. 37 (2) ENERGY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS.—Each state agency, the 38 Florida Public Service Commission, the Department of Military 39 Affairs, and the judicial branch shall appoint a coordinator 40 whose responsibility shall be to advise the head of the state 41 agency on matters relating to energy consumption in facilities 42 under the control of that head or in space occupied by the 43 various units comprising that state agency, in vehicles operated 44 by that state agency, and in other energy-consuming activities 45 of the state agency. The coordinator shall implement the energy 46 management program agreed upon by the state agency concerned and 47 assist the department in the development of the state energy 48 management plan. 49 (3) CONTENTS OF THE STATE ENERGY MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The 50 Department of Management Services, in coordination with the 51 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, shall include 52 at least all of the following elements inFurther developthe 53 state energy management planconsisting of, but not limited to,54the following elements: 55 (a) Data-gathering requirements.;56 (b) Building energy audit procedures.;57 (c) Uniform data analysis and reporting procedures.;58 (d) Employee energy education program measures.;59 (e) Energy consumption reduction techniques.;60 (f) A training program for state agency energy management 61 coordinators.; and62 (g) Guidelines for building managers. 63 (h)The plan shallIncludeA description of actions that 64 state agencies shall take to reduce consumption of electricity 65 and nonrenewable energy sources used for space heating and 66 cooling, ventilation, lighting, water heating, and 67 transportation. 68 (i) Recommendations for state agencies to use new 69 technology to reduce energy usage by transitioning, 70 retrofitting, or replacing government-owned and government 71 leased facilities and transportation fleets. 72 (4) ENERGY SAVINGS FORMULA.—The department, in consultation 73 with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, shall 74 develop a formula to determine the savings to this state’s 75 taxpayers through the implementation of the state energy 76 management plan and recommendations under subsection (3). The 77 department shall use the calculated value of such savings to 78 encourage and fund other energy efficiency and climate change 79 resiliency efforts within this state. 80 (5)(4)ADOPTION OF STANDARDS.— 81 (a) Each state agency shall use a sustainable building 82 rating system or a national model green building code for each 83 new building and renovation to an existing building. 84 (b) ANostate agency may notshallenter into new leasing 85 agreements for office space that does not meet Energy Star 86 building standards, except when the appropriate state agency 87 head determines thatnoother viable or cost-effective 88 alternatives do not existalternativeexists. 89 (c) EachAllstate agencyagenciesshall develop energy 90 conservation measures and guidelines for new and existing office 91 space where state agencies occupy more than 5,000 square feet. 92 These conservation measures shall focus on programs that may 93 reduce energy consumption and, when established, provide a net 94 reduction in occupancy costs. 95 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.