Revision: Jan. 13, 2010, midnight
SB 73-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
09/10
SENATE BILL 73-FN
AN ACT requiring state departments to reduce energy consumption and to make an annual report on their energy consumption reduction efforts.
SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Energy, Environment and Economic Development
This bill requires state departments to reduce energy consumption by 25 percent by 2025. Each department is required to file an annual report with the commissioner of administrative services on its compliance with this reduction goal. The commissioner of administrative services shall compile a report from these annual reports which will be submitted to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board, the governor, and the legislature.
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09-0987
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT requiring state departments to reduce energy consumption and to make an annual report on their energy consumption reduction efforts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Department of Administrative Services; Duties of Commissioner. Amend RSA 21-I:13 by inserting after paragraph XVII the following new paragraph:
XVIII. Compile the report on energy consumption reduction by state departments required by 21-I:14-c and submit the report to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board established under RSA 125-O:5-a, the governor, the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairman of the senate energy, environment, and economic development committee and the chairman of the house science, technology and energy committee.
2 New Section; Energy Consumption Reduction Goal; Reports. Amend RSA 21-I by inserting after section 14-b the following new section:
21-I:14-c Energy Consumption Reduction Goal; Reports.
I. Each state department shall use cost-effective measures to achieve an energy consumption reduction goal of 25 percent by 2025.
II. Beginning in 2010, each state department shall submit an annual report to the commissioner of administrative services on or before September 1 which details the cost-effective measures it is utilizing to comply with the energy consumption reduction goal established in paragraph I and its annual progress in complying with this goal.
III. Beginning in 2010, the commissioner shall submit an annual report on or before December 1 compiling the annual reports submitted under paragraph II, with findings on the departments’ annual progress in complying with the energy consumption reduction goal established in paragraph I and problems which may prevent the departments from achieving this goal, to the energy efficiency and sustainable energy board established under RSA 125-O:5-a, the governor, the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairman of the senate energy, environment, and economic development committee and the chairman of the house science, technology and energy committee.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
09-0987
01/29/09
SB 73-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT requiring state departments to reduce energy consumption and to make an annual report on their energy consumption reduction efforts.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Administrative Services states this bill will have an indeterminable impact on state expenditures in FY 2009 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue or on county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Administrative Services states this bill requires all state departments to use cost-effective measures to achieve an energy consumption reduction goal of 25% by 2025. The bill also requires the Department to compile an annual report of statewide progress on energy saving initiatives, using the reports submitted by the various state agencies. Work is underway within current budget constraints to address short-term energy consumption reduction targets, but to achieve the long term goal of 25% energy reduction, the Department anticipates some additional costs to address larger-scale concerns, including building envelope and HVAC system issues. The Department cannot accurately predict the initial costs of the energy efficiency upgrades, nor can it anticipate any potential savings due to these upgrades. For compilation of the statewide report, the Department does not anticipate a cost increase, absorbing any work required within its current resources.