Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Federal Energy Savings Enhancement Act of 2015”.
Federal Energy Savings Enhancement Act of 2015
A BILL
To improve energy savings by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Energy savings performance contracts
Agency payments— Section 801(a)(2)(B) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)(B)) is amended in the first sentence—
by striking “both utilities” and inserting “utilities, entities that supply, deliver, and transport fuel,”; and
by inserting “or fuel supply, delivery, or transport” after “for utilities”.
Nonbuilding applications— Section 801(a)(2) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(H) Nonbuilding applications—A Federal agency may enter into an energy savings performance contract under this title for the purpose of reducing the costs of fuel supply, delivery, or transport for nonbuilding applications, including secondary savings.”
Definitions— Section 804 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287c) is amended—
in paragraph (2)(A)—
in the matter preceding clause (i)—
by striking “or wastewater treatment” and inserting “wastewater treatment, or fuel supply, delivery, or transport”; and
by inserting “or nonbuilding applications” after “federally owned facilities”;
in clause (ii), by striking “or” after the semicolon at the end;
in clause (iii), by inserting “or” after the semicolon at the end; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(iv) the improved efficiency of fuel use in nonbuilding applications.”
in the first sentence of paragraph (3), by inserting “or for the purpose of reducing the cost of fuel supply, delivery, or transport for nonbuilding applications” before the period at the end; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(5) Nonbuilding application—The term nonbuilding application means—
“(A) any class of vehicles, devices, or equipment that—
“(i) is transportable under the power of the applicable vehicle, device, or equipment by land, sea, or air; and
“(ii) consumes energy from any fuel source for the purpose of—
“(I) that transportation; or
“(II) maintaining a controlled environment within the vehicle, device, or equipment; and
“(B) any federally owned equipment used to generate electricity or transport water.
“(6) Secondary savings
“(A) In general—The term secondary savings means additional energy or cost savings that are a direct consequence of the energy savings that result from the energy efficiency improvements that were financed and implemented pursuant to an energy savings performance contract.
“(B) Inclusions—The term secondary savings includes—
“(i) energy and cost savings that result from a reduction in the need for fuel delivery and logistical support;
“(ii) personnel cost savings and environmental benefits; and
“(iii) in the case of electric generation equipment, the benefits of increased efficiency in the production of electricity, including revenues received by the Federal Government from the sale of electricity from the production.”