By: Watson S.B. No. 1102
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain energy security technologies for critical
  governmental facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle G, Title 10, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Chapter 2311 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 2311. ENERGY SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES FOR CRITICAL
  GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES
         Sec. 2311.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Combined heating and power system" means a system
  that:
                     (A)  is located on the site of a facility;
                     (B)  is the primary source of both electricity and
  thermal energy for the facility;
                     (C)  can provide all of the electricity needed to
  power the facility's critical emergency operations for at least 14
  days; and
                     (D)  has an overall efficiency of energy use that
  exceeds 60 percent.
               (2)  "Critical governmental facility" means a building
  owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state that is
  expected to:
                     (A)  be continuously occupied;
                     (B)  maintain operations for at least 6,000 hours
  each year;
                     (C)  have a peak electricity demand exceeding 500
  kilowatts; and
                     (D)  serve a critical public health or public
  safety function during a natural disaster or other emergency
  situation that may result in a widespread power outage, including
  a:
                           (i)  command and control center;
                           (ii)  shelter;
                           (iii)  prison or jail;
                           (iv)  police or fire station;
                           (v)  communications or data center;
                           (vi)  water or wastewater facility;
                           (vii)  hazardous waste storage facility;
                           (viii)  biological research facility;
                           (ix)  hospital; or
                           (x)  food preparation or food storage
  facility.
         Sec. 2311.002.  COMBINED HEATING AND POWER SYSTEMS. When
  constructing or extensively renovating a critical governmental
  facility or replacing major heating, ventilation, and
  air-conditioning equipment for a critical governmental facility,
  the entity with charge and control of the facility shall evaluate
  whether equipping the facility with a combined heating and power
  system would result in expected energy savings that would exceed
  the expected costs of purchasing, operating, and maintaining the
  system over a 20-year period. Notwithstanding Chapter 2302, the
  entity may equip the facility with a combined heating and power
  system if the expected energy savings exceed the expected costs.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 2311, Government Code, as added by this
  Act, applies only to the construction or renovation of a building or
  the replacement of equipment for a building for which the contract
  is entered into on or after September 1, 2009.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.