4-3-1017 - Energy management program Development and implementation through the state building energy management program.
4-3-1017. Energy management program Development and implementation through the state building energy management program.
(a) In developing and implementing an energy management program for state government under this section and §§ 4-3-1018, 4-3-1109 [repealed], 4-3-1019 and 4-3-1020, the department, through the state building energy management program, may include:
(1) Development, in coordination with the emergency management agency, of contingency plans for the most efficient use of energy by state buildings;
(2) Development and implementation of projects using renewable energy resources in state operations and procedures; and
(3) Development of a program to ascertain the energy use of each state department, agency, college, university or other institution, to recommend specific plans for energy use reduction to such entities, and to monitor the implementation of such plans.
(b) This program shall be implemented by all departments and agencies of the executive branch and by all state colleges and universities operated by the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee or the state board of regents.
[Acts 1983, ch. 429, § 9; 1999, ch. 457, § 1; Acts 2007, ch. 72, § 3; T.C.A. § 4-3-1107; Acts 2008, ch. 718, § 1; 2009, ch. 529, §§ 4, 5.]