| 1 | 1 | | 82R10662 EAH-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Beck H.B. No. 2623 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to certain energy security technologies for critical |
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| 8 | 8 | | governmental facilities. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 2311, Government Code, as added by |
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| 11 | 11 | | Chapters 1280 (H.B. 1831) and 1408 (H.B. 4409), Acts of the 81st |
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| 12 | 12 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted and amended to |
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| 13 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | CHAPTER 2311. ENERGY SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR CRITICAL |
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| 15 | 15 | | GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 2311.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) "Combined heating and power system" means a system |
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| 18 | 18 | | that: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) is located on the site of a facility; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (B) is the primary source of both electricity and |
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| 21 | 21 | | thermal energy for the facility; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (C) can provide all of the electricity needed to |
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| 23 | 23 | | power the facility's critical emergency operations for at least 14 |
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| 24 | 24 | | days; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (D) has an overall efficiency of energy use that |
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| 26 | 26 | | exceeds 60 percent. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) "Critical governmental facility" means a building |
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| 28 | 28 | | owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state that is |
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| 29 | 29 | | expected to: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A) be continuously occupied; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) maintain operations for at least 6,000 hours |
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| 32 | 32 | | each year; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (C) have a peak electricity demand exceeding 500 |
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| 34 | 34 | | kilowatts; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (D) serve a critical public health or public |
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| 36 | 36 | | safety function during a natural disaster or other emergency |
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| 37 | 37 | | situation that may result in a widespread power outage, including |
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| 38 | 38 | | [a]: |
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| 39 | 39 | | (i) a command and control center; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (ii) a shelter; |
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| 41 | 41 | | (iii) a prison or jail; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (iv) a police or fire station; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (v) a communications or data center; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (vi) a water or wastewater facility; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (vii) a hazardous waste storage facility; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (viii) a biological research facility; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (ix) a hospital; [or] |
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| 48 | 48 | | (x) a food preparation or food storage |
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| 49 | 49 | | facility; or |
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| 50 | 50 | | (xi) an institution of higher education, as |
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| 51 | 51 | | defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. |
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| 52 | 52 | | Sec. 2311.002. COMBINED HEATING AND POWER SYSTEMS. (a) |
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| 53 | 53 | | When constructing or extensively renovating a critical |
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| 54 | 54 | | governmental facility or replacing major heating, ventilation, and |
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| 55 | 55 | | air-conditioning equipment for a critical governmental facility, |
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| 56 | 56 | | the entity with charge and control of the facility shall evaluate |
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| 57 | 57 | | whether equipping the facility with a combined heating and power |
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| 58 | 58 | | system would result in expected energy savings that would exceed |
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| 59 | 59 | | the expected costs of purchasing, operating, and maintaining the |
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| 60 | 60 | | system over a 20-year period. Notwithstanding Chapter 2302, the |
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| 61 | 61 | | entity may equip the facility with a combined heating and power |
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| 62 | 62 | | system if the expected energy savings exceed the expected costs. |
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| 63 | 63 | | (b) The State Energy Conservation Office shall establish |
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| 64 | 64 | | guidelines for the evaluation under Subsection (a). |
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| 65 | 65 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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