Bill Text: TX HB2894 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reports on energy use at buildings of certain governmental entities and energy efficiency projects for those buildings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Government Efficiency & Reform [HB2894 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2894-Introduced.html
By: Raney | H.B. No. 2894 |
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relating to reports on energy use at buildings of certain | ||
governmental entities and energy efficiency projects for those | ||
buildings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. SECTION 1. Section 2265.001, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2265.001. RECORDING AND REPORTING OF ELECTRICITY, | ||
WATER, AND NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Benchmark" means to enter data on the total | ||
energy consumed for a building and other descriptive information | ||
for a building as required by the benchmarking tool. | ||
(2) "Benchmarking information" means a building's | ||
energy consumption information generated by the benchmarking tool | ||
and descriptive information about the building and its operational | ||
characteristics. The information includes: | ||
(A) the building's address; | ||
(B) energy use intensity for the building; | ||
(C) water use for the building; and | ||
(D) the energy performance score that compares | ||
the energy use of the building to energy use of similar buildings, | ||
if available. | ||
(3) "Benchmarking tool" means the United States | ||
Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager | ||
tool, or an equivalent tool adopted by the comptroller's state | ||
energy conservation office that can be used to collect energy use | ||
data for a building and track energy use over time. | ||
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the state or a political subdivision of the state, including a | ||
municipality, a county, or any kind of district; or | ||
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defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a governmental entity | ||
responsible for payments for electric, water, or natural gas | ||
utility services shall record in an electronic repository the | ||
governmental entity's metered amount of electricity, water, or | ||
natural gas consumed for which it is responsible to pay and the | ||
aggregate costs for those utility services. The governmental | ||
entity shall report the recorded information on a publicly | ||
accessible Internet website with an interface designed for ease of | ||
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comptroller's state energy conservation office a link to the | ||
recorded information. A governmental entity may benchmark public | ||
buildings using a benchmarking tool and submit the benchmarking | ||
information to the office. A governmental entity may not apply for | ||
a grant under Subchapter E, Chapter 386, Health and Safety Code, | ||
unless the governmental entity submits the benchmarking | ||
information to the office. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 386.202, 386.203, and 386.205, Health | ||
and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 386.202. GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The [ |
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shall develop an energy efficiency grant program for energy | ||
efficiency projects in governmental entity buildings and | ||
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(b) Energy efficiency projects awarded a grant [ |
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energy conservation projects that improve the operational energy | ||
efficiency of buildings or facilities or that retire [ |
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energy consumption or peak energy demand to ensure the reduction of | ||
energy consumption, energy demand, or peak loads, and associated | ||
emissions of air contaminants. | ||
Sec. 386.203. ADMINISTRATION OF GRANTS. Money allocated to | ||
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Sec. 386.205. EVALUATION OF STATE ENERGY EFFICIENCY | ||
PROGRAMS. In cooperation with the laboratory, the comptroller's | ||
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provide an annual report to the commission that, by county, | ||
quantifies the reductions of energy demand, peak loads, and | ||
associated emissions of air contaminants achieved from the projects | ||
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SECTION 3. Sections 386.201 and 386.204, Health and Safety | ||
Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |