81R24392 BEF-D
By: Anchia, et al. H.B. No. 1993
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain energy security technologies for critical
governmental facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle G, Title 10, Government Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 2311 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2311. ENERGY SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR CRITICAL
GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES
Sec. 2311.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Combined heating and power system" means a system
that:
(A) is located on the site of a facility;
(B) is the primary source of both electricity and
thermal energy for the facility;
(C) can provide all of the electricity needed to
power the facility's critical emergency operations for at least 14
days; and
(D) has an overall efficiency of energy use that
exceeds 60 percent.
(2) "Critical governmental facility" means a building
owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state that is
expected to:
(A) be continuously occupied;
(B) maintain operations for at least 6,000 hours
each year;
(C) have a peak electricity demand exceeding 500
kilowatts; and
(D) serve a critical public health or public
safety function during a natural disaster or other emergency
situation that may result in a widespread power outage, including
a:
(i) command and control center;
(ii) shelter;
(iii) prison or jail;
(iv) police or fire station;
(v) communications or data center;
(vi) water or wastewater facility;
(vii) hazardous waste storage facility;
(viii) biological research facility;
(ix) hospital; or
(x) food preparation or food storage
facility.
Sec. 2311.002. COMBINED HEATING AND POWER SYSTEMS. (a)
When constructing or extensively renovating a critical
governmental facility or replacing major heating, ventilation, and
air-conditioning equipment for a critical governmental facility,
the entity with charge and control of the facility shall evaluate
whether equipping the facility with a combined heating and power
system would result in expected energy savings that would exceed
the expected costs of purchasing, operating, and maintaining the
system over a 20-year period. Notwithstanding Chapter 2302, the
entity may equip the facility with a combined heating and power
system if the expected energy savings exceed the expected costs.
(b) The State Energy Conservation Office shall adopt rules
governing responsibility for payment of expenses in connection with
the evaluation required under Subsection (a). To the extent
possible, the rules shall provide for the evaluation to be
conducted by a third party willing to conduct the analysis without
cost to the governmental entity or a potential provider of services
in connection with the construction or extensive renovation of a
critical governmental facility or the replacement of major heating,
ventilation, and air-conditioning equipment for a critical
governmental facility. The rules shall also provide for the
payment of expenses from federal funds available for that purpose.
SECTION 2. Chapter 2311, Government Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to the construction or renovation of a building or
the replacement of equipment for a building for which the contract
is entered into on or after September 1, 2009.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.