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By August fifteenth of each odd-numbered year, the office shall inform all state agencies
and institutions of the state facility energy improvement program. The office shall work with
interested agencies and institutions to identify potential state facility energy improvement
programs and select facilities for indepth energy audits designed to provide information on
project costs along with estimated energy savings from implementation of those projects. The
office shall notify affected utilities to discuss the potential impact on the utility and its customers
of the proposed energy savings or conservation project. Upon completion of the energy audit,
the office, in consultation with the interested agencies or institutions, shall submit a list of
proposed projects to the governor, accompani
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By August fifteenth of each odd-numbered year, the office shall inform all state agencies
and institutions of the state facility energy improvement program. The office shall work with
interested agencies and institutions to identify potential state facility energy improvement
programs and select facilities for indepth energy audits designed to provide information on
project costs along with estimated energy savings from implementation of those projects. The
office shall notify affected utilities to discuss the potential impact on the utility and its customers
of the proposed energy savings or conservation project. Upon completion of the energy audit,
the office, in consultation with the interested agencies or institutions, shall submit a list of
proposed projects to the governor, accompanied with the estimated cost of each project and
energy savings resulting from the projects. The office shall submit a report listing the proposed
energy savings or conservation projects to the governor by September first of each
even-numbered year. The governor shall include the proposed energy efficiency or conservation
projects in the biennial budget. The governor shall make available to the legislative assembly a
report prepared by the office on each energy efficiency or conservation project, a description of
the improvements to be financed, the estimated cost of each project, the total cost of the
program, and the proposed method of financing the program. If the office proposes that
evidences of indebtedness be issued to finance the energy efficiency or conservation
improvements, the office shall provide an assurance that energy savings resulting from the
improvements will be sufficient to equal or exceed the annual debt service of the evidences of
indebtedness. In determining whether the energy savings will be sufficient to equal or exceed
the annual debt service, the office, in consultation with the interested agencies or institutions,
may analyze state agency utility data to identify potential projects; perform detailed energy
audits of state facilities, including contracting for audits if necessary; and provide training to
facility maintenance staff to ensure that sufficient cost-savings are realized from projects to
cover the debt service. The governor shall include in the executive budget recommendation for
each state agency or institution participating in the state facility energy improvement program an
estimate of the annual energy cost-savings expected for that agency, and, if needed, a
projection of the debt service on program bonds that is apportioned to that agency. The
executive budget recommendation must then reduce the current level of utility appropriations by
the amount needed for debt service retirement and recommend an appropriation of that amount
to the state building authority. Any appropriation of an amount needed for debt service
retirement to the state building authority is not subject to the limitation contained in section
54-17.2-23.