Passed by the House April 20, 2005 Yeas 96   ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 14, 2005 Yeas 46   ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1895 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2005 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 03/01/05.
AN ACT Relating to statewide energy efficiency; amending RCW 44.39.010 and 44.39.070; adding a new section to chapter 44.39 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 43.19 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 44.39.010 and 2001 c 214 s 30 are each amended to read
as follows:
There is hereby created the joint committee on energy supply ((of
the legislature of the state of Washington)) and energy conservation.
Sec. 2 RCW 44.39.070 and 2002 c 192 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The committee shall meet and function at the following times:
(a) At least once per year or at anytime upon the call of the chair to
receive information related to the state or regional energy supply
situation; (b) during a condition of energy supply alert or energy
emergency; and (c) upon the call of the chair, in response to
gubernatorial action to terminate such a condition. Upon the
declaration by the governor of a condition of energy supply alert or
energy emergency, the committee ((on energy supply)) shall meet to
receive any plans proposed by the governor for programs, controls,
standards, and priorities for the production, allocation, and
consumption of energy during any current or anticipated condition of
energy supply alert or energy emergency, any proposed plans for the
suspension or modification of existing rules of the Washington
Administrative Code, and any other relevant matters the governor deems
desirable. The committee shall review such plans and matters and shall
transmit its recommendations to the governor for review. The committee
may review any voluntary programs or local or regional programs for the
production, allocation, or consumption of energy which have been
submitted to the committee.
(2) The committee shall receive any request from the governor for
the approval of a declaration of a condition of energy emergency as
provided in RCW 43.21G.040 as now or hereafter amended and shall either
approve or disapprove such request.
(3) During a condition of energy supply alert, the committee shall:
(a) Receive any request from the governor for an extension of the
condition of energy supply alert for an additional period of time not
to exceed ninety consecutive days and the findings upon which such
request is based; (b) receive any request from the governor for
subsequent extensions of the condition of energy supply alert for an
additional period of time not to exceed one hundred twenty consecutive
days and the findings upon which such a request is based; and (c)
either approve or disapprove the requested extensions. When approving
a request, the committee may specify a longer period than requested, up
to ninety days for initial extensions and one hundred twenty days for
additional extensions.
(4) During a condition of energy emergency the committee shall:
(a) Receive any request from the governor for an extension of the
condition of energy emergency for an additional period of time not to
exceed forty-five consecutive days and the finding upon which any such
request is based; (b) receive any request from the governor for
subsequent extensions of the condition of energy emergency for an
additional period of time not to exceed sixty consecutive days and the
findings upon which such a request is based; and (c) either approve or
disapprove the requested extensions. When approving a request, the
committee may specify a longer period than requested, up to forty-five
days for initial extensions and sixty days for additional extensions.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 It is the intent of the legislature to
utilize lessons learned from efforts to conserve energy usage in single
state buildings or complexes and extend conservation measures across
all levels of government. Implementing conservation measures across
all levels of government will create actual energy conservation
savings, maintenance and cost savings to state and local governments,
and savings to the state economy, which depends on affordable,
realizable electricity to retain jobs. The legislature intends that
conservation measures be identified and aggregated within a government
entity or among multiple government entities to maximize energy savings
and project efficiencies.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4 A new section is added to chapter 44.39 RCW
to read as follows:
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter
unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Committee" means the joint committee on energy supply and
energy conservation.
(2) "Conservation" means reduced energy consumption or energy cost,
or increased efficiency in the use of energy, and activities, measures,
or equipment designed to achieve such results.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5 A new section is added to chapter 43.19 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) Municipalities may conduct energy audits and implement cost-effective energy conservation measures among multiple government
entities.
(2) All municipalities shall report to the department if they
implemented or did not implement, during the previous biennium, cost-effective energy conservation measures aggregated among multiple
government entities. The reports must be submitted to the department
by September 1, 2007, and by September 1, 2009. In collecting the
reports, the department shall cooperate with the appropriate
associations that represent municipalities.
(3) The department shall prepare a report summarizing the reports
submitted by municipalities under subsection (2) of this section and
shall report to the committee by December 31, 2007, and by December 31,
2009.
(4) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions
apply:
(a) "Committee" means the joint committee on energy supply and
energy conservation in chapter 44.39 RCW.
(b) "Cost-effective energy conservation measures" has the meaning
provided in RCW 43.19.670.
(c) "Department" means the department of general administration.
(d) "Energy audit" has the meaning provided in RCW 43.19.670.
(e) "Municipality" has the meaning provided in RCW 39.04.010.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6 A new section is added to chapter 43.19 RCW
to read as follows:
Financing to implement conservation measures, including fees
charged by the department, may be carried out with bonds issued by the
Washington economic development finance authority under chapter 43.163
RCW.