[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44912-44913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21420]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Federal Energy Management Program
AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: DOE is releasing an updated draft of the Federal Energy
Management Program (FEMP) Measurement and Verification (M&V) Guidelines
for Federal Energy Projects for public comment. DOE will consider
comments and recommendations for the new version of the Guidelines.
DATES: Submit comments on or before September 17, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Mail comments to Tanya Sadler, Office of Federal Energy
Management Programs, EE-90, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121, or by e-mail to
tanya.sadler@ee.doe.gov. Electronic copies of the draft Guidelines are
available from the following Internet web address: http://
eande.lbl.gov/CBS/femp/MVdoc.html. Printed copies will be sent upon
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tanya Sadler, Program Manager for
Energy Savings Performance Contracting, (202) 586-7755 by phone or
(202) 586-3000 by fax.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) and
the resulting energy savings performance contracting regulation, 10 CFR
Part 436, authorize Federal agencies to enter into contracts where the
contractor incurs project costs and is paid from the energy cost
savings resulting from the project. Energy cost savings are defined in
10 CFR Part 436 as ``reductions in cost * * * from a base cost * * *
established through a methodology set forth in a contract * * *''
Further, 10 CFR 436.37 requires an annual energy audit that ``shall
verify the achievement of annual energy cost savings.'' FEMP provided
detailed guidance on performing these procedures when it released the
FEMP M&V Guidelines for Federal Energy Projects in 1996. The FEMP M&V
Guidelines were designed to provide specific instructions to Federal
users on how to apply energy savings determination procedures that are
defined in the industry-wide document, the International Performance
Measurement and Verification Protocol (IPMVP). In the past three years,
the IPMVP has been updated to reflect lessons learned. In order to
maintain consistency with the IPMVP, respond to recommendations for
improvements, and add new features for Federal agency users, FEMP will
release an update of the M&V Guidelines called FEMP M&V Guidelines for
Federal Energy Projects, Version 2.1. The new version contains the
following updates to the 1996 version: new M&V methods for
cogeneration, new construction, operations and maintenance, renewables,
and water conservation projects. FEMP plans to update the Guidelines on
an as needed basis.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on August 11, 1999.
Dan W. Reicher,
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-21420 Filed 8-17-99; 8:45 am]
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