The State Energy and Water Cost Reduction Program

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The State Facility Utility Management Program
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Need Your Help

• Employees can make a difference
• Employees are tax payers too
• Chance for state workers to set an example
• Right thing to do
• Economically energy prices will rise
• Environmentally help greatly with meeting Clean
  Air Act mandates

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State Government Utility Expenditure
By Utility Type
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State Government Utility Expenditure
Possible Savings

• FY 2003 Cost 289,835,234
• Possible Savings 20
• Savings Amount 57,967,046
• Divided by 365 days per year
• 158,813
• per day for utilities that state government
  didnt need

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State Agency and Institutions of Higher Education
Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a REP
• Submit REP Completion Certification Document to
  SECO
• Update REP and report to SECO semi-annually
• Prepare a Long Range Utility Services Plan

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The Resource Efficiency Plan

• Contains 11 items
• Identifies opportunities to conserve utilities
• Basis for a sound Comprehensive Energy Management
  Plan
• Must be updated semi-annually
• Must provide Completion Certification by October
  31st every two years

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Why Must Tenant Agencies Develop A Resource
Efficiency Plan

• While TBPC owns the building, they have no
  control over tenant agency employee behavior
• Object is to have realized savings pay for
  retrofits
• Employee behavior directly affects utility use
• In full service leases it can reduce cost of
  future leases
• Sets a good example for landlord and others

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What Should An REP Look Like?

• This plan is for the agency, not SECO or TBPC
• Amount of detail is up to agency
• TBPC may ask that certain activities be
  undertaken
• SECO may request revision of REP to ensure rule
  compliance

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How To Build An REP

• Identify an agency employee responsible for REP
  development and implementation that
• is appointed by or at the least has the formal
  backing of the agency head
• will be the contact person for the agency, SECO
  and TBPC regarding the REP
• Form a team
• Draw from Executive, Human Resources, Information
  Technology, Purchasing, Security, other
• Assign parts of REP to team members
• Have reviewed and approved by administration as a
  priority

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Resource Efficiency Plan Items

• Summary of Overall Strategy And Goals
• This section will identify agency utility
  conservation goals and will summarize your
  efforts to achieve those goals
• A Utility Assessment Report or a Preliminary
  Energy Audit
• This item is for agencies who own their facility
• Should be of a representative sample of building

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Resource Efficiency Plan Items

• Implementation Schedule
• A timeline for implementation of the goals and
  strategies set out in the REP
• Finance Strategy
• This should describe how the agency will pay for
  plan recommendations

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Resource Efficiency Plan Items

• Utility Awareness Plan
• Describe the type of employee awareness program
  planned
• Passive
• Signage, providing information, motion sensors,
  etc.
• Active
• Training, incentives program, equipment choice
  etc.
• Both or other
• Describe the design, development and
  implementation of the program
• How information is to be promulgated
• What the training will entail

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Resource Efficiency Plan Items

• Asset Management Inventory
• Providing agencies
• A description of the agencys buildings or
  facilities
• Using (Tenant) Agencies
• Consider office equipment as an asset
• A two year history of utility use and
  expenditures
• Providing agencies
• legislative mandate as well as rule mandate

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Resource Efficiency Plan Items

• Savings Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
• Providing agencies
• A plan to measure the efficiency savings brought
  about by the recommended retrofits
• Using agencies
• Measure success of employee awareness program
• Measure savings due to proper equipment use
• Measure savings due to purchase of energy star
  equipment

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Resource Efficiency Plan Items

• Project Implementation Update
• Providing Agencies
• Any progress made since last update
• Update every six months
• Using Agencies
• Fill out sections 1 and 2(update REP activity in
  comment box)
• Point of Contact
• The agency employee responsible for development
  and implementation of the REP
• Name, phone, fax, email

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Resource Efficiency Plan Items

• Providing agencies must include the REP of their
  tenant agencies

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Resources

• SECO web site
• www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us
• Federal Energy Management Program
• www.eren.gov/femp
• EPA Energy Star Program
• www.energystar.gov
• City of Austin Energy Department
• www.austinenergy.com
• City of Austin Water Conservation Department
• www.ci.austin.tx.us/watercon/

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SECO Contacts

• Charles Bredwell
• Program Development/Special Projects
• 512/463-1947
• charles.bredwell_at_cpa.state.tx.us

• Pam Groce
• State Agency Program Administrator
• 512/463-1889
• pam.groce_at_cpa.state.tx.us