| 1 | 1 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 898 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Cook) |
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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 energy efficiency programs in institutions of higher |
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| 8 | 8 | | education and certain governmental entities. |
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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. Subsections (c), (d), and (e), Section 388.005, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c) Each political subdivision, institution of higher |
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| 13 | 13 | | education, or state agency shall establish a goal to reduce the |
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| 14 | 14 | | electric consumption by the entity by at least five percent each |
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| 15 | 15 | | state fiscal year for 10 [six] years, beginning September 1, 2011 |
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| 16 | 16 | | [2007]. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (d) A political subdivision, institution of higher |
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| 18 | 18 | | education, or state agency that does not attain the goals |
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| 19 | 19 | | established under Subsection (c) must include in the report |
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| 20 | 20 | | required by Subsection (e) justification that the entity has |
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| 21 | 21 | | already implemented all available cost-effective measures. An |
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| 22 | 22 | | entity that submits a report under this subsection indicating that |
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| 23 | 23 | | the entity has reviewed its available options, has determined that |
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| 24 | 24 | | no additional measures are cost-effective, and [it] has already |
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| 25 | 25 | | implemented all available cost-effective measures is exempt from |
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| 26 | 26 | | the annual reporting requirement of Subsection (e) if a subsequent |
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| 27 | 27 | | report would indicate no change in status. An entity may be |
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| 28 | 28 | | required to provide notice that it is exempt to the State Energy |
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| 29 | 29 | | Conservation Office. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (e) A political subdivision, institution of higher |
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| 31 | 31 | | education, or state agency annually shall report to the State |
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| 32 | 32 | | Energy Conservation Office, on forms provided by that office, |
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| 33 | 33 | | regarding the entity's goal, the entity's efforts to meet the goal, |
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| 34 | 34 | | and progress the entity has made under this section. The State |
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| 35 | 35 | | Energy Conservation Office shall provide assistance and |
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| 36 | 36 | | information to the entity to help the entity meet [the] goals |
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| 37 | 37 | | established [set] under this section. The office must develop and |
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| 38 | 38 | | make available a standardized form for reporting purposes. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. Section 388.006, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 40 | 40 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 41 | 41 | | Sec. 388.006. STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE EVALUATION. |
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| 42 | 42 | | The State Energy Conservation Office annually shall provide the |
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| 43 | 43 | | commission and the laboratory with an evaluation of the |
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| 44 | 44 | | effectiveness of state and political subdivision energy efficiency |
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| 45 | 45 | | programs, including programs under this chapter. The laboratory |
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| 46 | 46 | | shall calculate, based on the evaluation and the forms submitted to |
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| 47 | 47 | | the office, the amount of energy savings and estimated reduction in |
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| 48 | 48 | | pollution achieved as a result of the implementation of programs. |
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| 49 | 49 | | The laboratory shall share the information with the commission, the |
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| 50 | 50 | | United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Electric |
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| 51 | 51 | | Reliability Council of Texas to help with long-term forecasting and |
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| 52 | 52 | | in estimating pollution reduction. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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