,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acjh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #af      
7legislative day1 ,july #ae71 #bjac ,mr4
 ,coons introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,energy and ,natural     
,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,national ,energy ,conservation ,policy 
,act to encourage the increased use of  
performance contracting in ,federal     
facilities4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,energy ,savings   
,through ,public-,private ,partnerships 
,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,findings ,congress 
finds the following3  7#a7 ,private     
sector funding and expertise can help   
address the energy efficiency challenges
 facing the ,united ,states4  7#b7 ,the 
,federal ,government spends more than #f
 billion annually in energy costs4  7#c7
 ,reducing ,federal energy costs can    
help save money1 create jobs1 and reduce
 waste4  7#d7 ,energy savings           
performance contracts and utility energy

 service contracts are tools for        
utilizing private sector investment to  
upgrade ,federal facilities without any 
up-front cost to the taxpayer4  7#e7    
,performance contracting is a way to    
retrofit ,federal buildings using       
private sector investment in the absence
 of appropriated dollars4 ,retrofits    
seek to reduce energy use1 improve      
infrastructure1 protect national        
security1 and cut facility operations   
and maintenance costs4  #c4 ,use of     
energy efficiency measures in ,federal  
buildings  7a7 ,implementation of       
identified energy efficiency measures   
,section #edc7;f77#d7 of the ,national  
,energy ,conservation ,policy ,act 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #hbec7;f77#d77 is amended to  
read as follows3  7#d7 ,implementation  
of identified energy efficiency measures
  7,a7 ,in general ,not later than #b   
years after the completion of each      
evaluation under paragraph 7#c71 each   
energy manager shall consider--  7i7    
implementing any energy-saving or       

conservation measure that the ,federal  
agency identified in the evaluation     
conducted under paragraph 7#c7 that is  
life cycle cost-effective2 and  7ii7    
bundling individual measures of varying 
paybacks together into combined         
projects4  7,b7 ,measures not           
implemented ,the energy manager1 as part
 of the certification system under      
paragraph 7#g7 and using guidelines     
developed by the ,secretary1 shall      
provide reasons for not implementing any
 life cycle cost-effective measures     
under subparagraph 7,a74  4  7b7 ,annual
 contracting goal ,section              
#edc7;f77#aj77;,c7 of the ,national     
,energy ,conservation ,policy ,act 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #hbec7;f77#aj77;,c77 is       
amended--  7#a7 by striking ,each       
,federal agency and inserting the       
following3  7i7 ,in general ,each       
,federal agency  2 and  7#b7 by adding  
at the end the following new clauses3   
7ii7 ,tracking ,each ,federal agency    
shall use the benchmarking systems      

selected or developed for the agency    
under paragraph 7#h7 to track energy    
savings realized by the agency through  
the implementation of energy-saving or  
conservation measures pursuant to       
paragraph 7#d71 and shall submit        
information regarding such savings to   
the ,secretary to be published on a     
public ,web site of the ,department of  
,energy4  7iii7 ,consideration ,each    
,federal agency shall consider using    
energy savings performance contracts or 
utility energy service contracts to     
implement energy-saving or conservation 
measures pursuant to paragraph 7#d74    
7iv7 ,contracting goal ,it shall be the 
goal of the ,federal ,government1 in the
 implementation of energy-saving or     
conservation measures pursuant to       
paragraph 7#d71 to enter into energy    
savings performance contracts or utility
 energy service contracts equal to      
#a1jjj1jjj1jjj in each year during the  
#e-year period beginning on ,january #a1
 #bjad4  7v7 ,report to ,congress ,not  

later than ,september #cj of each year  
during the #e-year period referred to in
 clause 7iv71 each ,federal agency shall
 submit to the ,secretary information   
regarding progress made by the agency   
towards achieving the goal described in 
such clause4 ,not later than #fj days   
after each such ,september #cj1 the     
,secretary1 acting through the ,federal 
,energy ,management ,program1 shall     
submit to the ,committee on ,energy and 
,commerce of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,energy and ,natural ,resources of the  
,senate a report describing the progress
 made by the ,federal ,government       
towards achieving such goal4  4