EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
amendment.
*sb0258*
SENATE BILL 258
P1, M5 4lr0147
(PRE–FILED) CF HB 130
By: Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee (By Request –
Departmental – General Services)
Requested: September 18, 2023
Introduced and read first time: January 10, 2024
Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment
Committee Report: Favorable
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 17, 2024
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Department of General Services – State Buildings and Facilities – Energy 2
Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction s 3
FOR the purpose of altering the State’s goals for reducing energy consumption in State 4
buildings; requiring the Maryland Green Building Council to update the High 5
Performance Green Building Program to ensure that the Program aligns with certain 6
greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals; requiring the Department of General 7
Services to identify State–owned facilities that are potential candidates for energy 8
performance contracts; altering requirements for certain energy audits, data 9
collection processes, and requests for proposals to address greenhouse gas emissions 10
from State facilities; requiring each unit of State government to implement projects 11
and initiatives to conserve energy and reduce the unit’s greenhouse gas emissions; 12
and generally relating to the conservation of energy in, and reduction of greenhouse 13
gas emissions from, State buildings and facilities. 14
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15
Article – State Finance and Procurement 16
Section 4–806 17
Annotated Code of Maryland 18
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 19
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF M ARYLAND, 20
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 21 2 SENATE BILL 258
Article – State Finance and Procurement 1
4–806. 2
(a) So that it can audit and evaluate competing design proposals, the Department 3
shall set standards for energy performance indices. 4
(b) As experience develops on the energy performance achieved in State buildings, 5
the energy performance indices will serve as a measure of building performance with 6
respect to energy consumption. 7
(c) The Department, in cooperation with the Maryland Energy Administration, 8
shall assist State agencies in reducing, by [2029] 2031, the average energy consumption 9
in State buildings by [10%] 20% from the level in fiscal year 2018. 10
[(d) Each year, the Department shall: 11
(1) analyze all State–owned buildings to identify which buildings are the 12
least energy–efficient; and 13
(2) conduct an energy audit of at least 2,000,000 square feet of the least 14
energy–efficient State–owned buildings. 15
(e) The energy audit shall identify low–cost measures for increasing energy 16
efficiency that, over the following 5 years, will result in energy cost savings that meet or 17
exceed the costs of the measures. 18
(f) The Department shall provide a copy of the energy audit to the head of each 19
unit of State government that occupies the spaces audited. 20
(g) Each unit of State government that occupies the space audited shall 21
implement the measures identified in the energy audit to the fullest extent practicable. 22
(h) For 1 year following the implementation of the measures identified in the 23
energy audit, the Department shall: 24
(1) monitor the unit’s energy use; 25
(2) track any changes resulting from the measures; and 26
(3) calculate any savings on energy costs. 27
(i) (1) In this subsection, “Database” means the Comprehensive Utility 28
Records Management Database. 29
SENATE BILL 258 3
(2) The Department shall establish and maintain the Comprehensive 1
Utility Records Management Database for the purpose of tracking the changes in energy 2
consumption resulting from the implementation of the measures identified in the energy 3
audit. 4
(3) The Department shall collect the data and information necessary to 5
fully populate, update, and maintain the Database. 6
(4) Each month, each unit of State government shall make available to the 7
Department all available data about its facilities and copies of the unit’s utility bills. 8
(j) Each unit of State government shall, in support of the unit’s core missions, 9
implement projects and initiatives to conserve energy and reduce energy consumption. 10
(k) The Department, the Maryland Energy Administration, the Department of 11
Budget and Management, and the Department of Information Technology shall collaborate 12
on designing and implementing other cost –effective and energy–efficient savings 13
initiatives. 14
(l) Beginning July 1, 2020, provisions promoting the State’s energy efficiency 15
goals shall be included in requests for proposals that: 16
(1) are for the leasing of space to the State; and 17
(2) would obligate the State to pay the utility bills for the leased space. 18
(m) Each fiscal year, with the advice and assistance of the Maryland Energy 19
Administration, the Department shall report to the Governor on the State’s progress 20
toward achieving the goal of reducing energy consumption in State buildings by 10%.] 21
(D) ON OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2024, THE MARYLAND GREEN BUILDING 22
COUNCIL SHALL: 23
(1) UPDATE THE HIGH PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILDING PROGRAM 24
AUTHORIZED UNDER § 3–602.1 OF THIS ARTICLE TO ENSURE THAT ALL N EW 25
BUILDINGS AND MAJOR RENOVATIONS SUBJECT TO THE PROGRAM ALIGN WITH TH E 26
STATE’S GOAL OF ACHIEVING NET ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 2045; AND 27
(2) SUBMIT A COPY OF THE UPDATED PROGRAM TO THE GOVERNOR 28
AND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, THE 29
GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 30
(E) (1) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL IDENTIFY STATE–OWNED FACILITIES 31
THAT ARE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR ENERGY SAVINGS P ERFORMANCE 32
CONTRACTS. 33
4 SENATE BILL 258
(2) STATE AGENCIES SHALL PROVI DE ON–SITE SUPPORT TO WORK 1
WITH THE DEPARTMENT AT FACILITIES IDENTIFIED AS CANDIDATES FOR ENERGY 2
SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS UNDER THIS SUBSECTION. 3
(F) (1) EACH YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONDUCT AN ENE RGY AND 4
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISS IONS AUDIT OF AT LEA ST 2,000,000 SQUARE FEET OF 5
STATE–OWNED BUILDINGS . 6
(2) THE AUDIT SHALL INCLU DE BEST PRACTICES AN D IDENTIFY 7
LOW–COST MEASURES FOR IN CREASING ENERGY EFFI CIENCY AND REDUCING 8
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISS IONS. 9
(3) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE A COPY OF THE AUDIT TO THE 10
HEAD OF EACH UNIT OF STATE GOVERNMENT THAT OCCUPIES THE SPACE AUDITED . 11
(4) (I) EACH UNIT OF STATE GOVERNMENT THAT OCCUPIES THE 12
SPACE AUDITED SHALL , TO THE FULLEST EXTEN T PRACTICABLE , IMPLEMENT THE 13
MEASURES IDENTIFIED IN THE AUDIT. 14
(II) FOR 1 YEAR FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 15
MEASURES IDENTIFIED IN THE AUDIT, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL: 16
1. MONITOR THE UNIT ’S ENERGY USE AND GRE ENHOUSE 17
GAS EMISSIONS; 18
2. TRACK ANY CHANGES RE SULTING FROM THE 19
MEASURES; AND 20
3. CALCULATE ANY ENERGY COST SAVINGS AND 21
EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS RESULTING FROM TH E MEASURES. 22
(G) (1) IN THIS SUBSECTION , “DATABASE” MEANS THE COMPREHENSIVE 23
UTILITY RECORDS MANAGEMENT DATABASE. 24
(2) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL RECORD REDUCTI ONS IN ENERGY 25
CONSUMPTION AND GREE NHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS RESULTING FROM THE 26
ENERGY–SAVINGS MEASURES IN THE DATABASE. 27
(3) EACH MONTH OR ON REQUEST BY THE DEPARTMENT , EACH UNIT 28
OF STATE GOVERNMENT SHAL L PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT WITH ACCESS TO 29
AVAILABLE DATA ABOUT THE UNIT’S FACILITIES AND COPIES OF THE UN IT’S UTILITY 30
BILLS. 31
SENATE BILL 258 5
(4) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR 1
ANNUALLY ON EACH UNI T’S DATA COMPLIANCE . 2
(5) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL USE THE FACILI TY DATA AND UTILITY 3
BILL INFORMATION PROVIDED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION TO FULLY POPULATE , 4
UPDATE, AND MAINTAIN THE DATABASE. 5
(H) EACH UNIT OF STATE GOVERNMENT SHAL L, IN SUPPORT OF THE UNIT’S 6
CORE MISSIONS , IMPLEMENT PROJECTS A ND INITIATIVES TO CO NSERVE ENERGY 7
AND REDUCE THE UNIT’S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISS IONS. 8
(I) PROVISIONS PROMOTING THE STATE’S ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND 9
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISS IONS REDUCTION GOALS SHALL BE INCLUDED IN EACH 10
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL S THAT: 11
(1) IS FOR THE LEASING OF S PACE TO THE STATE; AND 12
(2) WOULD OBLIGATE THE STATE TO PAY THE UTIL ITY BILLS FOR THE 13
LEASED SPACE . 14
(J) EACH FISCAL YEAR , THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT TO THE 15
GOVERNOR ON THE STATE’S PROGRESS TOWARD AC HIEVING THE GOAL OF 16
REDUCING ENERGY CONS UMPTION IN STATE BUILDINGS BY 20%. 17
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 18
1, 2024. 19
Approved:
________________________________________________________________________________
Governor.
________________________________________________________________________________
President of the Senate.
________________________________________________________________________________
Speaker of the House of Delegates.