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2 An act relating to energy management; amending
3 s. 255.257, F.S.; removing provisions which
4 direct the Department of Management Services to
5 provide for an energy management plan for state
6 agencies, and which require state agencies to
7 submit certain energy data to the department;
8 providing that the department may develop such
9 a plan; providing an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Section 255.257, Florida Statutes, is
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15 255.257 Energy management plan; buildings occupied by
16 state agencies.--
17 (1) DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITY.--The Department of
18 Management Services shall constitute the responsible state
19 agency for developing and implementing an energy management
20 plan for state agencies occupying state-owned or state-leased
21 buildings. The Department of Community Affairs shall assist in
22 the development of this plan.
23 (1)(2) ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND COST DATA.--Each state
24 agency shall collect submit, in the form and manner to be
25 prescribed by the Department of Management Services, data on
26 energy consumption and cost. The data gathered shall be on
27 state-owned facilities and metered state-leased facilities of
28 5,000 net square feet or more. These data will be used in the
29 computation of the effectiveness of the state energy
30 management plan and the effectiveness of the energy management
31 program of each of the reporting agencies. The department
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1 shall advise the various agencies on the effectiveness of
2 their energy management programs.
3 (2)(3) ENERGY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS.--Each state
4 agency, the Florida Public Service Commission, the Department
5 of Military Affairs, and the judicial branch shall appoint a
6 coordinator whose responsibility shall be to advise the head
7 of the agency on matters relating to energy consumption in
8 facilities under the control of that head or in space occupied
9 by the various units comprising that agency, in vehicles
10 operated by that agency, and in other energy-consuming
11 activities of the agency. The coordinator shall cooperate
12 with the Department of Management Services in the
13 implementation of the state energy management plan. The
14 coordinator shall implement the energy management program
15 jointly agreed upon by the agency concerned and the
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17 (3)(4) CONTENTS OF THE STATE ENERGY MANAGEMENT
18 PLAN.--The Department of Management Services may shall develop
19 a state energy management plan consisting of, but not limited
20 to, the following elements:
21 (a) Data-gathering requirements;
22 (b) Building energy audit procedures;
23 (c) Uniform data analysis procedures;
24 (d) Employee energy education program measures;
25 (e) Energy consumption reduction techniques;
26 (f) Training program for agency energy management
27 coordinators; and
28 (g) Guidelines for building managers.
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30 The plan shall include a description of actions to reduce
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1 used for space heating and cooling, ventilation, lighting,
2 water heating, and transportation.
3 (5) INFORMATION TRANSFER.--The state energy management
4 plan, with results, shall be made available to aid in
5 improving local government energy management programs.
6 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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