Sec. 16a-37u. Planning and managing energy use in state-owned and leased buildings. Reduction in energy consumption. Connection of state-owned and leased buildings to district heating and cooling syst
Sec. 16a-37u. Planning and managing energy use in state-owned and leased
buildings. Reduction in energy consumption. Connection of state-owned and leased
buildings to district heating and cooling systems. (a) The Secretary of the Office of
Policy and Management shall be responsible for planning and managing energy use in
state-owned and leased buildings and shall establish a program to maximize the efficiency with which energy is utilized in such buildings. The secretary shall exercise
this authority by (1) preparing and implementing annual and long-range plans, with
timetables, establishing goals for reducing state energy consumption and, based on energy audits, specific objectives for state agencies to meet the performance standards
adopted under section 16a-38; (2) coordinating federal and state energy conservation
resources and activities, including but not limited to, those required to be performed by
other state agencies under this chapter; and (3) monitoring energy use and costs by
budgeted state agencies on a monthly basis.
(b) Not later than January fifth, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management shall submit a report to the Governor and the joint standing committee of
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy planning and
activities. The report shall (1) indicate the total number of energy audits and technical
assistance audits of state-owned and leased buildings, (2) summarize the status of the
energy conservation measures recommended by such audits, (3) summarize all energy
conservation measures implemented during the preceding twelve months in state-owned
and leased buildings which have not had such audits, (4) analyze the availability and
allocation of funds to implement the measures recommended under subdivision (2) of
this subsection, (5) list each budgeted agency, as defined in section 4-69, which occupies
a state-owned or leased building and has not cooperated with the Commissioner of
Public Works and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management in conducting
energy and technical assistance audits of such building and implementing operational
and maintenance improvements recommended by such audits and any other energy
conservation measures required for such building by the secretary, (6) summarize all
life-cycle cost analyses prepared under section 16a-38 during the preceding twelve
months, and summarize agency compliance with the life-cycle cost analyses, and (7)
identify any state laws, regulations or procedures that impede innovative energy conservation and load management projects in state buildings.
(c) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in conjunction with
the Department of Public Works, shall as soon as practicable and where cost-effective
connect all state-owned buildings to a district heating and cooling system, where such
heating and cooling system currently exists or where one is proposed. The secretary, in
conjunction with the Department of Public Works, shall prepare an annual report with
the results of the progress in connecting state-owned buildings to such a heating and
cooling system, the cost of such connection and any projected energy savings achieved
through any such connection. The secretary shall submit the report to the joint standing
committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to energy
on or before January 1, 1993, and January first annually thereafter.
(d) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall require each state
agency to maximize its use of public service companies' energy conservation and load
management programs and to provide sites in its facilities for demonstration projects
of highly energy efficient equipment, provided no such demonstration project impairs
the functioning of the facility.
(P.A. 81-376, S. 1, 11; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-13, S. 1, 3; P.A. 83-29, S. 1; 83-48, S. 1; P.A. 86-305, S. 3; P.A. 87-496,
S. 74, 110; P.A. 88-220, S. 4, 11; P.A. 91-248, S. 10, 13; P.A. 92-138, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 11, 121; P.A. 03-132, S. 1; P.A. 04-236, S. 16.)
History: Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-13 deleted former Subsec. (a)(4), which required secretary to report energy conservation
efforts and results by October first annually to governor and general assembly and added Subsec. (c) containing more
detailed provisions re required annual reports; P.A. 83-29 changed deadline for report under Subsec. (c) from October first
to January fifth, annually; P.A. 83-48 added Subsec. (c)(6), requiring the secretary to include in the report summaries of
life-cycle cost analyses; P.A. 86-305 deleted Subsec. (a)(4) which had provided that the secretary shall determine for each
state agency and institution, the amount of and expenditures for energy use during the last-completed fiscal year and
estimates of such amounts and expenditures for the current and next fiscal years, and that such information shall be included
in the governor's budget document; P.A. 87-496 substituted "public works" for "administrative services" commissioner
in Subsec. (c); P.A. 88-220 deleted former Subsec. (b) which contained obsolete temperature requirements for state-owned
buildings, relettering Subsec. (c) as (b); P.A. 91-248 added Subsec. (b)(7) re identification of certain impediments to energy
conservation in state buildings, added a new Subsec. (c) re connection of state-owned buildings to a district heating and
cooling system and added Subsec. (d) re demonstration sites in state-owned facilities of highly energy efficient equipment;
P.A. 92-138 amended Subsec. (c) to require connection of all state-owned buildings to a district heating and cooling system
and to require report to be submitted annually; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change to Subsec. (c), effective
June 24, 1998; P.A. 03-132 amended Subsec. (b)(6) to require that report summarize agency compliance with the life-cycle cost analyses, and made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality in Subsecs. (a) and (c); P.A. 04-236
amended Subsec. (d) to make a technical change, effective June 8, 2004.