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Title | Legal Authority | Originating Legislation | Summary |
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Contracts for Energy or Fuel for Military Installations | 10 U.S.C. § 2922a | Multiple Statutes | Separate U.S. Department of Defense authority to enter into contracts for up to 30 years for services that provide and operate energy production facilities on military installations, and, in turn, purchase the energy generated from such facilities. |
DOD Energy Savings Contracts and Activities | 10 U.S.C. § 2913 | Public Law No. 109-364 | Military departments and defense agencies may participate in gas or electric utility programs for managing energy demand or for energy conservation. |
Title | Legal Authority | Originating Legislation | Summary |
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Contract for Public Utility Services | 40 U.S.C. § 501 | Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 | Authority for agencies to enter contracts for public utility services for periods up to 10 years. |
Energy Savings Performance Contract Authority | 42 U.S.C. § 8287 et seq.; 10 C.F.R. § 436.30 et seq. | Multiple Statutes | Federal agencies may enter into an energy saving performance contract (ESPC) for a period of up to 25 years for the purpose of achieving energy savings and benefits ancillary to that purposes. |
Federal Energy-Efficiency Fund | 42 U.S.C. § 8256(b) | Multiple Statutes | The U.S. Department of Energy DOE may provide grants to agencies to assist them in meeting the requirements of 42 U.S.C. § 8253. |
Implement Performance Contracts for Federal Buildings | N/A | N/A | Implement performance contracts for Federal buildings by using performance contracting as a tool to help meet identified energy efficiency and management goals and providing annual agency targets for performance contracting for energy savings to be implemented in fiscal year 2017. |
Utility Incentive Programs | 42 U.S.C. § 8256(c) | Multiple Statutes | Authority for agencies to accept financial incentives, goods, or services generally available from a utility to increase energy efficiency or to conserve water or manage electricity demand. |
Title | Legal Authority | Originating Legislation | Summary |
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Implementation of Identified Energy and Water Efficiency Measures | 42 U.S.C. § 8253(f)(4) | EISA 2007 § 432; EA 2020 §1002 | Each Federal agency shall use performance contracting to address at least 50 percent of the measures identified (Guidance to determine criteria: 50% of implementation cost, counting of measures problematic) |
Leveraging Performance Contracting | E.O. 14057 Sec 205(c)(iv) | In accordance with the Energy Act of 2020, which requires agencies to complete at least 50 percent of all identified lifecycle cost effective energy and water savings measures through performance contracting, agencies will expand use of performance contracting to: improve efficiency; achieve energy, water, and GHG emission reductions; expand use of carbon pollution-free electricity, increase infrastructure resilience; modernize buildings; and, support achievement of net-zero goals. |