New Hampshire SB 448: relative to energy reduction by state agencies.

Bill Text

SB 448-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

03/17/2022 1061s

2022 SESSION

 22-3063

 12/11

SENATE BILL 448-FN

AN ACT relative to energy reduction by state agencies.

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Rep. Meuse, Rock. 29; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf. 19

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 This bill requires a reduction in fossil fuel emissions by state owned facilities and encourages the use of electric vehicles by state agencies.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

 Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/17/2022 1061s 22-3063

 12/11

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to energy reduction by state agencies.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 1 Findings. The general court finds:

 I. The state government energy committee as established under executive order 2016-03 was created to provide guidance regarding energy management in state buildings and fleets.

 II. The state government, following a series of executive orders beginning in 2004, has engaged in energy efficiency, energy procurement, and renewable energy projects, which collectively avoided nearly $50,000,000 in energy costs since 2009.

 III. Continued innovations in energy technologies offer additional opportunities to avoided even more energy costs in the building and fleets offering a direct benefit to New Hampshire taxpayers.

 2 Department of Administrative Services; Energy Consumption Reduction Goal. Amend RSA 21-I:14-c, II-III to read as follows:

 21-I:14-c Energy Consumption Reduction Goal; Reports.

 II. [Beginning in calendar year 2016, each] Each state department shall submit an annual report to the commissioner of administrative services on or before October 15 which details any cost-effective measures it is utilizing and those potential measures, subject to budgetary approval, to comply with the energy consumption reduction goal established in paragraph I and its annual progress in complying with this goal. 

 III. [Beginning in calendar year 2016,] Each year, the commissioner shall submit an annual report to the governor, the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chair of the senate energy and natural resources committee, the chair of the house science, technology and energy committee, and the chair of the air pollution advisory committee and [be made] make the report available to the public on or before January 15, compiling:

 (a) [the] The annual reports submitted under paragraph II[, with]. 

 (b) The findings on the [departments'] state's annual progress in complying with the energy consumption reduction goal established in paragraph I and problems which may prevent the [departments] state from achieving this goal[, to the governor, the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chair of the senate energy and natural resources committee and the chair of the house science, technology and energy committee] and outcomes. 

 3 Energy Efficiency Measures in State Facilities; State Policy. RSA 21-I:19-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

 21-I:19-a Energy Measures; State Policy. 

 I. It shall be the policy of the state of New Hampshire to prioritize public health and environmental quality, while maximizing economic benefits through the use of economical energy measures including, but not limited to, energy conservation, energy efficiency, strategic electrification, fuel switching, cogeneration, renewable energy, and energy storage in the construction, renovation, operation, and maintenance of properties owned or leased by the state, and the purchase and leasing of vehicles. Further, it shall be the policy of the state to encourage municipalities to incorporate such measures into their properties and fleets to the greatest extent possible.

 II. The state of New Hampshire shall pursue reductions in energy consumptions and energy costs as outlined in Executive Order 2016-03 and subsequent executive orders, and shall maximize avoided energy costs in its buildings and fleets. 

 III. The department of administrative services, and all other departments and agencies, shall consider energy measures including, but not limited to energy conservation, energy efficiency, strategic electrification, fuel switching, cogeneration, renewable energy, energy storage, and the energy life cycle costs as significant criteria in its cons