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                                   SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 3487

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Energy & Utilities (originally sponsored by Senators Goltz, Bailey, Williams and Benitz)

Read first time 1/27/86.

AN ACT Relating to energy consumption in state agencies; adding new sections to chapter 43.19 RCW; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The legislature finds that:

          (1) Capital investments in energy conservation in buildings can produce significant reductions in energy use, reducing the need to import or extract fossil fuels and lowering the cost of operating buildings.

          (2) The state of Washington has an obligation to operate state buildings efficiently and to implement all cost-effective energy conservation measures so that citizens are assured that public funds are spent wisely and so that citizens have an example of the savings possible from energy conservation.

          (3) The state has conducted energy audits of its buildings and other facilities and has identified cost-effective ways to save energy in state buildings.

          (4) State agencies have not yet implemented many of the cost-effective energy conservation identified in the energy audits and have not met the conservation goals established by the legislature in 1980 and revised in 1982 and 1983.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     (1) The office of financial management shall develop policy guidelines requiring state agencies to implement energy conservation maintenance and operation procedures and energy conservation measures, as mandated under RCW 43.19.680.

          (2) The guidelines shall provide for the funding of all cost-effective procedures and measures and shall ensure that agencies implementing energy conservation retain the resulting cost savings for other purposes, including further energy conservation.   The office of financial management shall consult with the state energy office and the department of general administration, as necessary, to administer this section properly.

          (3) The office of financial management shall establish the guidelines by December 31, 1986.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     The state energy office shall provide the office of financial management with energy consumption data necessary to implement section 2 of this act.  Facilities or the agencies responsible for them shall report accurate monthly energy consumption and cost figures for all fuels to the state energy office quarterly, including any changes in total space served or facility operations.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     Sections 2 and 3 of this act are each added to chapter 43.19 RCW.