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GBlist: E-Link: FREE Energy Savings for U.S.



>Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 12:13:26 -0400 (EDT)

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>FREE ENERGY SAVINGS FOR U.S.
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>WASHINGTON, DC, May 22, 1997 (ENS) - Federal government buildings are being
>retrofitted with energy saving and renewable energy technologies - at no
>cost to the taxpayers of America.
>
>Secretary of Energy Federico Pena announced Wednesday an innovative
>contracting method that will attract more than $5 billion in private sector
>funding for the installation of energy efficient and renewable energy
>technology in federal facilities around the country. 
>
>The new contracts, called Financing Renewable Energy and Efficiency (FREE
>Savings), are intended to cut federal energy consumption, save taxpayers'
>money and reduce pollution. 
>
>Under these new contracts awarded by the Department of Energy (DOE), energy
>service companies will pay for and install energy-saving technologies and
>equipment in federal buildings, at no cost to the government. 
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>In turn, the companies will receive, for a designated number of years,
>about 50 percent of the savings that are realized when the building's
>electric bill goes down. The FREE savings contracts simplify the process
>for federal facilities to enter into these agreements. They will help meet
>President Bill Clinton's directive to cut federal building energy use 30
>percent by 2005. 
>
>"The federal government spends about $4 billion a year on electricity.
>That's a lot of money, a lot of power plants and a lot of pollution,"
>Secretary Pena said. "We've found a win-win-win solution to cut those
>costs, reduce pollution, and encourage the market for energy saving
>technology."
>
>When fully implemented, the FREE contracts are expected to save over $1
>billion a year on energy costs and eliminate the equivalent of the amount
>of pollution produced in one year by about six power plants. "Energy
>efficiency is a key ingredient in to energy security, and today's
>announcement is a market-based way of helping to meet our energy security
>goals," Pena said.
>
>Secretary Pena today announced the winners of the first stage of these
>contracts, which will be for up to $750 million in energy efficiency
>improvements in federal facilities in eight states: a joint venture of The
>Bentley Company /BMP Team (Walnut Creek, CA); Puget Sound Energy (Bellevue,
>WA); and MacDonald Miller Company (Seattle, WA); Energy Pacific, a joint
>venture of Enova and Pacific Enterprises (San Diego, CA); ERI Services,
>Inc. (Bridgeport, CT); Honeywell, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN); and Johnson
>Controls, Inc. (Walnut Creek, CA). 
>
>The U.S. Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the National
>Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are already in line to place
>delivery orders for projects in Kodiak, Alaska as well as Auburn and
>Seattle, Washington. 
>
>"FREE Savings contracts will save energy, time, and money," said Vice
>President Al Gore who heads the National Performance Review to make the
>federal government work better and cost less. "They will help to reduce
>energy emissions which cause pollution, streamline the process for buying
>and installing new energy-efficient technologies, and lower the cost of
>utility bills which saves taxpayers' money. This is an excellent example of
>reinventing government." 
>
>While DOE and other federal agencies have started using energy service
>companies, the process was inefficient because each facility had to
>initiate a new, independent procurement process with all the accompanying
>regulations, solicitation requirements and source selections, taking
>anywhere from one to three years to complete. 
>
>With the FREE Savings contract, DOE's energy specialists do the most
>difficult part of the contracting process on behalf of all federal agencies
>and create a multiple award, broad-based contract that all federal
>facilities can use. A federal facility manager then need only place an
>order for energy costs savings upgrade. 
>
>"In addition to saving taxpayers' money, these contracts will increase the
>demand and market for these emerging energy efficiency technologies and
>help bring down the costs of this important technology," Secretary Pena said. 
>
>Wednesday's announcement is the first in a series of six similar awards
>that will be made during the next two years for a total contract value of
>over $5 billion. 
>
>FREE Savings contracts will be initiated to streamline the contracting
>procedures for a variety of clean technologies such as wind and
>photovoltaics, natural gas cooling and ground source heat pumps. The
>cumulative investment is expected to reduce carbon emissions by 3.3 million
>metric tons, NOx by .03 million metric tons, and SO2 by .05 million metric
>tons annually.
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Hal Levin	  <hlevin@cruzio.com>
Hal Levin & Associates         
2548 Empire Grade, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-9748
408.425.3946  fax 408.426.6522  

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