[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4593 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4593

 To advance the deadline for energy use metering in Federal buildings, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2005

  Mr. Gordon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To advance the deadline for energy use metering in Federal buildings, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. METERING OF ENERGY USE.

    Section 543(e)(1) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8253(e)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) Deadlines.--(A) By October 1, 2012, in accordance 
        with guidelines established by the Secretary under paragraph 
        (2), all Federal buildings shall, for the purposes of efficient 
        use of energy and reduction in the cost of energy used in such 
        buildings, be metered. Each agency shall use, to the maximum 
        extent practicable, advanced meters or advanced metering 
        devices for electricity, primary fuels, including natural gas 
        and petroleum-based fuels, steam, and chilled water, that 
        provide data at least daily and that measure at least hourly 
        consumption of electricity in the Federal buildings of the 
        agency. Such data shall be incorporated into existing Federal 
        energy tracking systems and made available to Federal facility 
        managers.
            ``(B) By October 1, 2008, metering meeting the requirements 
        of subparagraph (A) shall apply to--
                    ``(i) buildings on which construction commenced 
                after the date of enactment of this Act;
                    ``(ii) existing buildings with more than 100,000 
                square feet of enclosed space; and
                    ``(iii) existing buildings that use large amounts 
                of energy per square foot such as process energy 
                facilities, health care facilities, and data centers.
            ``(C) The Secretary shall include in the guidelines under 
        paragraph (2) criteria for determining which buildings and 
        facilities are subject to subparagraph (B)(iii).
            ``(D) The Secretary shall provide for a 6 month extension 
        of the deadline under subparagraph (B) based on cost-
        justification criteria, as determined by Secretary.''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT.

    Section 548(a)(1) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8258(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ``, including progress 
reports on the installation and utilization of meters in Federal 
buildings'' after ``established by section 543''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF GUIDELINES.

    Section 543(e)(2)(A) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8253(e)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ``or any substantive 
amendment thereto'' after ``date of enactment of this subsection''.
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