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Title IV — Federal agency energy efficiency

S. 761 · 113th Congress · Apr 18, 2013 · Lineage

IV Federal agency energy efficiency

Sec. 401 Adoption of information and communications technology power savings techniques by Federal agencies

(a)
In general— Not later than 360 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Administrator of General Services, shall issue guidance for Federal agencies to employ advanced tools promoting energy efficiency and energy savings through the use of information and communications technologies, including computer hardware, operation and maintenance processes, energy efficiency software, and power management tools.
(b)
Reports on plans and savings— Not later than 180 days after the date of the issuance of the guidance under subsection (a), each Federal agency shall submit to the Secretary a report that describes—
(1)
the plan of the agency for implementing the guidance within the agency; and
(2)
estimated energy and financial savings from employing the tools and processes described in subsection (a).

Sec. 402 Availability of funds for design updates

Section 3307 of title 40, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) as subsections (e) through (i), respectively; and
(2)
by inserting after subsection (c) the following:

“(d) Availability of funds for design updates

“(1) In general—Subject to paragraph (2), for any project for which congressional approval is received under subsection (a) and for which the design has been substantially completed but construction has not begun, the Administrator of General Services may use appropriated funds to update the project design to meet applicable Federal building energy efficiency standards established under section 305 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6834) and other requirements established under section 3312.

“(2) Limitation—The use of funds under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 125 percent of the estimated energy or other cost savings associated with the updates as determined by a life cycle cost analysis under section 544 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8254).”

Sec. 403 Natural gas and electric vehicle infrastructure

(a)
Utility incentive programs— Section 546(c)(1) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8256(c)(1)) is amended by inserting “(including measures to support the use of natural gas vehicles and electric vehicles or the fueling or charging infrastructure necessary for natural gas vehicles and electric vehicles)” after “demand”.
(b)
Energy savings performance contracts— Section 804(4) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287c(4)) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (A), by striking “or” after the semicolon;
(2)
in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:

“(C) a measure to support the use of natural gas vehicles and electric vehicles or the fueling or charging infrastructure necessary for natural gas vehicles and electric vehicles, including the use of utility energy service contracts to support those vehicles or infrastructure.”

Sec. 404 Federal data center consolidation

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator for the Office of E-Government and Information Technology within the Office of Management and Budget shall develop and publish a goal for the total amount of planned energy and cost savings and increased productivity by the Federal Government through the consolidation of Federal data centers during the 5-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, which shall include a breakdown on a year-by-year basis of the projected savings and productivity gains.