Montana § 90-4-1110 Duties And Authority Of Department

Montana Statutes

§ 90-4-1110 — Duties And Authority Of Department

Montana·Title 90 PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT·Ch. 4 ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION·Part 11 Local Government and State Agency Energy Performance Contracts

90-4-1110 . Duties and authority of department.

(1)The department shall establish an energy performance contract program for governmental entities. The department shall:

(a)solicit, evaluate, and maintain a list of qualified energy service providers;

(b)develop a process to disqualify and remove from the list energy service providers who do not comply with qualifications established;

(c)enter into agreements with qualified energy service providers to provide services in accordance with this part;

(d)establish reporting requirements for qualified energy service providers;

(e)develop a model energy performance contract process and documents; and

(f)assist governmental entities interested in pursuing energy performance contracts by providing technical assistance and educational program

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90-4-1110 . Duties and authority of department. (1) The department shall establish an energy performance contract program for governmental entities. The department shall:
(a) solicit, evaluate, and maintain a list of qualified energy service providers;
(b) develop a process to disqualify and remove from the list energy service providers who do not comply with qualifications established;
(c) enter into agreements with qualified energy service providers to provide services in accordance with this part;
(d) establish reporting requirements for qualified energy service providers;
(e) develop a model energy performance contract process and documents; and
(f) assist governmental entities interested in pursuing energy performance contracts by providing technical assistance and educational programs and by maintaining a website.
(2) The department may develop recommended best practices for:
(a) evaluating energy performance proposals and awarding energy performance contracts;
(b) measuring and verifying guaranteed cost savings and cost-effectiveness;
(c) identifying a variety of options to determine the amount of project costs to be covered by guaranteed cost savings;
(d) calculating guaranteed cost savings;
(e) measuring energy cost savings and verification;
(f) determining the cost-effectiveness of the energy performance contract when using an unguaranteed utility unit price escalation rate; and
(g) determining an unguaranteed utility unit price escalation rate.
(3) The department may adopt rules for the implementation of this part.

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