By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 59
 
  (Kuempel)
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to energy and water management planning and reporting
  requirements for state agencies and institutions of higher
  education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 447.009, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 447.009.  ENERGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING;
  REPORTING.  (a)  The state energy conservation office shall provide
  energy and water management planning assistance to a state agency
  or an institution of higher education, including assistance to:
               (1)  [preparation by the agency or institution of a
  long-range plan for the delivery of reliable, cost-effective
  utility services for the state agency or institution;
               [(2)  assistance to] the Department of Public Safety
  for energy emergency contingency planning, using state or federal
  funds when available; and
               (2)  [(3)  assistance to] each state agency or
  institution of higher education in preparing comprehensive energy
  and water management plans[; and
               [(4)     assistance to state agencies other than
  institutions of higher education in meeting the requirements of
  Section 447.002, including assistance in scheduling and assigning
  priorities to implementation plans to ensure that state agencies
  adopt qualified cost-effective efficiency measures and programs
  for all state facilities not later than September 1, 2006].
         (b)  [A state agency or an institution of higher education
  shall develop the plan described in Subsection (a)(1) and submit
  the plan to the state energy conservation office upon request. The
  agency or institution shall use the plan in preparing its five-year
  construction and major renovation plans. After other energy-saving
  or water-saving alternatives are considered, district heating and
  cooling or on-site generation of electricity may be considered in
  planning for reliable, efficient, and cost-effective utility
  services.
         [(c)]  The state energy conservation office shall prepare
  guidelines for preparation of the plan described in Subsection
  (a)(2) [(a)(3)] and develop a template for state agencies and
  institutions of higher education to use in creating the plan.  Each
  state agency and institution of higher education shall set
  percentage goals for reducing the agency's or institution's use of
  water, electricity, transportation fuel [gasoline], and natural
  gas and include those goals in the agency's or institution's
  comprehensive energy and water management plan.  [A state agency or
  an institution of higher education that occupies a state-owned
  building shall prepare and implement a five-year energy and water
  management plan and shall submit that plan to the office upon
  request.   The agency or institution shall update its plan annually.  
  A state agency or an institution of higher education that occupies a
  building not owned by the state shall cooperate with the office in
  addressing the energy or water management of that building.]
         (c) [(d)]  The comprehensive energy and water management
  plan described in Subsection (a)(2) [(a)(3)] shall be included in
  the five-year construction and major repair and rehabilitation
  plans for institutions of higher education as required by Section
  61.0651, Education Code.
         (d) [(e)]  Not later than January 15 [December 1] of each
  odd-numbered [even-numbered] year, the state energy conservation
  office shall submit a report to the governor and the Legislative
  Budget Board on the status and effectiveness of the utility
  management and conservation efforts of state agencies and
  institutions of higher education.  The report must include
  information submitted to the office from each state agency and
  institution of higher education.  The office shall post the report
  on the office's Internet website.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.