New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 4 - Executive Orders (Mario M. Cuomo) › Section 4.132 - Executive order no. 132: establishing a state facilities energy conservation program

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, despite much progress in energy conservation
					 efforts, there remains a considerable need and opportunity for improving the
					 efficient use of energy consumed by State-owned and operated buildings and
					 facilities, which can significantly decrease the State's overall energy-related
					 expenses and the need for public funds for such purposes;
WHEREAS, the barriers to energy conservation in State-owned
					 and operated buildings and facilities must be addressed by a combination of
					 actions that include new fiscal incentives, improved administrative procedures,
					 centralized budgeting and fiscal control, and expanded technical
					 assistance;
WHEREAS, programs directed towards increasing energy
					 efficiency in State-owned and operated buildings and facilities are currently
					 administered or supported by numerous State agencies, and the effectiveness of
					 these programs and the efficient use of limited Federal, State and other funds
					 available for energy conservation in these facilities would be enhanced greatly
					 through increased coordination among such agencies;
WHEREAS, Section 5-107 of the Energy Law authorizes the
					 State Energy Office to promulgate energy use standards for the purchase, lease,
					 use or maintenance of State buildings and equipment; and
WHEREAS, government should operate as an example to all New
					 Yorkers that energy efficiency improves productivity, provides equal, if not
					 better, service at lower cost, and has widespread environmental
					 benefits;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MARIO M. CUOMO, Governor of the State of
					 New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws
					 of the State of New York, do hereby direct the State Energy Office, in
					 cooperation with the Division of the Budget, the Office of General Services,
					 the Interagency Energy Managers Association and other State agencies as
					 indicated herein, to undertake a State Facilities Energy Conservation Program,
					 which will establish and implement a plan to undertake energy efficiency and
					 conservation measures and reduce energy costs in State buildings and
					 operations.
I. Purpose and Objectives.
The purpose of this Order is to establish a program which
					 will strengthen the State's commitment to achieve energy cost reductions and
					 efficiency improvements in State-owned and operated buildings and
					 facilities.
To that end, the State shall institute a State Facilities
					 Energy Conservation Program (Program) which shall be headed by the State Energy
					 Office, in cooperation with the Division of the Budget, the Office of General
					 Services, the Interagency Energy Managers Association and other State agencies
					 as appropriate. The principal objectives of the Program shall be to:
* Achieve an overall reduction of the State's energy
					 consumption in its buildings and facilities of 20 percent by the year
					 2000;
* Identify and implement cost effective energy conservation
					 improvements in all State-owned and operated buildings and facilities;
* Institute incentives for reducing energy operating costs
					 and encouraging State agencies to continually make investments in energy
					 efficiency improvements;
* Establish priorities among energy efficiency improvements
					 to insure that available funds are used first for those energy projects which
					 will achieve the greatest energy and cost savings to the State;
* Streamline and accelerate the process for evaluating,
					 approving and implementing energy efficiency projects;
* Expand options for financing energy projects by
					 maximizing the use of non-state funding sources for energy efficient capital
					 improvements; and
* Establish clear responsibility for undertaking energy
					 conservation activities within and among agencies to insure a continuing
					 commitment to energy cost reduction.
II. Program Description.
A. Submission of Annual Plans.
1. Each State agency that operates
				  State-owned buildings shall prepare in cooperation with the Division of the
				  Budget an annual Plan for identifying and implementing energy efficiency
				  improvements with simple payback periods of five years or less, thereby
				  reducing energy consumption in such agency's existing buildings and
				  contributing to the overall reduction in State building energy consumption of
				  20 percent by the year 2000. Contributions to such overall State goal may vary
				  among agencies depending, in part, on each agency's energy consumption and
				  implementation of energy conservation measures prior to the issuance of this
				  Executive Order. Agency shall mean any State department, agency, board,
				  commission, bureau, office or division. The Plans shall be prepared in
				  accordance with the format to be specified by the State Energy Office and shall
				  contain at least such information as set forth in the Memorandum being issued
				  by the Commissioner of Energy contemporaneously herewith, and any amendments
				  thereto.
2. Each agency shall
				  prepare its first annual Plan in cooperation with the Division of the Budget by
				  August 1, 1990 and shall prepare such Plans annually thereafter. Each agency
				  may, however, be required to submit pertinent information to the State Energy
				  Office prior to such date in accordance with the milestones established by the
				  State Energy Office pursuant to Section III.A. of this Executive Order. The
				  Division of the Budget shall consider the annual Plans in making its annual
				  budget recommendations to the Governor.